Leonhard

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Leonhard is a masculine given name most famously borne by the prolific 18th-century Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
human
masculine given name
citizenship Switzerland
commonInCentury 18th century
commonInRegion German-speaking Europe
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1707-04-15
dateOfDeath 1783-09-18
derivedFrom Old High German "hart" (brave, hardy)
Old High German "lewo" or "leo" (lion)
etymologicalRoot Leonhard self-linksurface differs
surface form: Leonhard (Old High German personal name)
familyName Leonhard Euler
surface form: Euler
fieldOfWork analysis
astronomy
engineering
graph theory
mathematics
mechanics
number theory
optics
physics
topology
gender masculine
givenName Leonhard self-linksurface differs
hasVariant Lenhart
Leonard
Leonardo da Vinci
surface form: Leonardo

Léonard
languageOfOrigin German
meaning brave lion
lion-strong
notableBearer Leonhard Euler
notableFor Euler’s polyhedron formula
surface form: Euler characteristic in topology

Euler's formula e^{iπ}+1=0
Euler’s formula for complex exponentials
surface form: Euler's identity

foundational work in many areas of mathematics
introducing much of modern mathematical notation
occupation mathematician
physicist
placeOfBirth Basel NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
relatedName Leo
Leon
Leonid NERFINISHED
usage Austrian German
German
Alemannic German
surface form: Swiss German
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Leonard derivedFrom Leonhard
Leonhard etymologicalRoot Leonhard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Leonhard (Old High German personal name)
Leonhard Euler givenName Leonhard
Leonhard givenName Leonhard self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Leonhard Euler
Leonard hasVariant Leonhard