Friedrich Leibniz

Leibnütz Friedrich (* 1597 probably in Altenberg, † 1652 in Leipzig ) was a lawyer and professor of moral philosophy at the University of Leipzig. He was the father of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Origin and family

The grandfather of Frederick Leibnütz had been alderman and Schösser in Pirna, the native city and mountain writer in Altenberg. Friedrich Leibnütz himself was educated in Meissen and made in Leipzig career.

In 1644 he married Catharina Schmuck, the daughter of the renowned Leipzig jurist and professor Wilhelm jewelry. It was his third marriage. Born in 1646, first son of the two spouses, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who used the spelling for the family name from 1671 became, as polymath world fame.

In 1648, the daughter of Anna Catharina born. She married the Leipzig preacher Simon Löffler, the archdeacon in the Thomas church was. Born 1669 son Frederick Simon Löffler, pastor in Probstheida, was Leibniz's universal heritage.

Profession

The ancestors of Friedrich Leibnütz were part of the educated classes of the university and commercial city of Leipzig. The main task of Friedrich Leibnütz consisted addition to the duties of a notary public, to ensure the survival of the university in the difficult times of the Thirty Years' War. Friedrich Leibnütz was a member of the great princely Assessor College and the Faculty of Philosophy since 1635. From 1640 till death he was professor of moral.