Otto Mencke
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 Otto Mencke |
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| Born | 22 March 1644 Oldenburg, Germany |
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| Died | 18 January 1707 Leipzig, Germany |
| Residence |  Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | Philosopher and mathematician |
| Institution | University of Leipzig |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Notable students | Christian Michelmann Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen |
| Known for | Acta Eruditorum |
| He is the father of Johann Burchard Mencke. | |
Otto Mencke was a 17th-century German philosopher and scientist. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Leipzig in 1666 with a thesis entitled: Ex Theologia naturali - De Absoluta Dei Simplicitate, Micropolitiam, id est Rempublicam In Microcosmo Conspicuam.
He is notable as being the founder of the very first scientific journal in Germany, established 1682, entitled: Acta Eruditorum. He was a professor of moral philosophy at the University of Leipzig, but is more famous for his scientific genealogy that produced a fine lineage of mathematicians that includes notables such as Carl Friedrich Gauss. The Math Genealogy database records as many as 36,214 (in 2006) mathematicians in his lineage.
Issac Newton and Mencke were in correspondence in 1693.
