| Authorised form of name | Cluverus; Dethlevus (c 1645 - 1708); mathematician |
| Other forms of name | Detlev |
| Other forms of surname | Cluver |
| Dates | c 1645 - 1708 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Schleswig, Duchy of Holstein, [modern day Germany], Europe |
| Date of birth | c. 1645 |
| Place of death | Free imperial city of Hamburg, [modern day Germany], Europe |
| Date of death | 21 February 1708 |
| Occupation | Scholar; mathematician |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Schleswig Cathedral School; Jena; Kiel (MA 1673)
Career:
Travelled in France and Holland (1673-1676); settled in England (1676); set up a private printing press in London with the permission of James II; after the death of his mother, travelled to Schleswig-Holstein (1688) and lost all his money in a 10-year legal case; lived in poverty in Hamburg |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1678 |
| Proposer | Theodore Haak |
| Other Royal Society activity | Frequent correspondent to Gottfried Leibniz (FRS 1673) and Theodore Haak (FRS 1663);
Contributed papers on algebra and geometry, in particular the quadrature of the circle |
| Relationships | Parents: Peter Cluver |
| PublishedWorks | RCN: 33512 |
| OtherInfo | For around twenty years, Cluver was in correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz (FRS 1673) and was a vocal critic of his mathematical work. The establishment of his own private printing press was mainly for the purposes of printing his own works on mathematics and philosophy. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; DBE; ADB
Pasini, E. 1994. 'Korrespondenten von G. W. Leibniz: 12. Detlev Clüver. Geb. um 1645 in Schleswig - Gest. den 21. Februar 1708 in Hamburg', in Studie Leibnitania, vol. 26, pp. 108-124 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/47812330 |
| Code | NA5730 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/L5/104 | Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Dethlevus Cluverus | 9 March 1680 |
| EL/L5/105 | Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Dethlevus Cluverus | 18 May 1680 |
| EL/C2/12 | Extract of a letter, from Dethlevus Cluverus to Theodore Haak, dated at Sleswig | 20 January 1680 |
| EL/C2/11 | Letter, from Dethlevus Cluverus to Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, dated at London | 6 April 1680 |
| EL/C2/13 | Letter, from Dethlevus Cluverus to Robert Southwell, dated at Sleswig | 4 November 1691 |
| EL/C2/14 | Paper, 'A New Generall way to square all curvilined figures and to measure their spaces by certain Reasons or comprehendings of powers, that are equivalent to the infinite dimuneration of all the parts, of which the same are composed, invented and demonstrated' by Dethlevus Cluverus | November 1691 |