Sulzer, Johann Georg, 1720-1779

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Name (Latin)
Sulzer, Johann Georg, 1720-1779
Other forms of name
Sulzer, Johann Georg
Date of birth
1720-10-16
Date of death
1779-02-25
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 12414726
Wikidata: Q116036
Library of congress: n 85241160
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Wikipedia description:

Johann Georg Sulzer (German: [ˈzʊltsər]; 16 October 1720 in Winterthur – 27 February 1779 in Berlin) was a Swiss professor of Mathematics, who later on moved on to the field of electricity. He was a Wolffian philosopher and director of the philosophical section of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, and translator of David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals into German in 1755.

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