Mathematician:Elisabeth of the Palatinate
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Mathematician
Princess of the Electorate of the Palatinate who studied (among other things) mathematics and philosophy with René Descartes.
Her correspondence with Descartes survives as a record of the nature of philosophical and religious debates in that period.
Renowned for her intelligence and humanism.
Nationality
German
History
- Born: 26 December 1618 in Heidelberg, Electorate of the Palatinate (now Germany)
- Died: 11 February 1680 in Herford Abbey, Westphalia
Theorems and Definitions
- Supposedly found a solution to the Problem of Apollonius using Cartesian geometry.
Sources
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{III}$: Gentleman, Soldier and Mathematician