Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
Ehrenfried von Tschirnhaus | |
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Portrait by Martin Bernigeroth | |
| Born | Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus 10 April 1651 |
| Died | 11 October 1708 (aged 57) Dresden, Electorate of Saxony |
| Education | Leiden University |
| Scientific career | |
| Academic advisors | Arnold Geulincx Franciscus Sylvius |
| Notable students | Christian Wolff |
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus or Tschirnhauß (German: [ˈeːʁənfʁiːt ˈvaltɐ fɔn ˈtʃɪʁnhaʊs]; 10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) was a German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. He introduced the Tschirnhaus transformation and is considered by some to have been the inventor of European porcelain, an invention long accredited to Johann Friedrich Böttger, while others claim porcelain had been made by English manufacturers at an even earlier date.