Euler, Leonhard

Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer.

Leonhard Euler grew up in Basel and studied mathematics at the local university. In 1727 he received an appointment to the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, where he taught physics and mathematics. In 1741 he accepted a post offered by Frederick II of Prussia and for the next 25 years was active as the Director of the Mathematics Class of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1766.

Christoph Jetzler, from whom Johann Conrad Fischer later received instruction in algebra, studied under Leonhard Euler in Berlin from 1763 to 1765. Fischer carried Euler’s Elements of Algebra with him during his travels.

Cite as: Euler, Leonhard. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-5432, viewed on 21 November 2024.