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Sites concerned primarily with the life, rather than the ideas or influence, of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

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• Catholic Encyclopedia: The System of Leibniz

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09134b.htm
  A thorough overview of the life and views of Leibniz, from this 1910 reference work. By William Turner.

• Galileo Project: Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

  http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/leibniz.html
  Detailed biographical data.

• Gottfried Leibniz: Pictures

  http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/PictDisplay/Leibniz.html
  Portraits of Gottfried Leibniz.

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1646 - 1716)

  http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Leibniz/RouseBall/RB_Leibnitz.html
  A short biography focusing on Leibniz's role as a mathematician. Excerpted from the 1908 edition of A Short Account of the History of Mathematics, by W.W. Rouse Ball.

• Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

  http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/periodictable/html/Li.html
  Biography with short comments to his work.

• Leibniz

  http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~jacover/Leibniz.htm
  Biographical information, assorted pictures, and links, provided by Jan Cover.

• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

  http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Leibniz.html
  From Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography.

• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

  http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/leib.htm
  A brief discussion of the life and works of Gottfried Leibniz, with links to electronic texts and additional information.

• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

  http://www.friesian.com/leibniz.htm
  Biography, introduction of main ideas and a chart with the order of angels.

• MacTutor History of Mathematics: Leibniz

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Leibniz.html
  Extensively cross-referenced biography of this thinker, with an emphasis on his role in mathematics and the development of the calculus.

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