Otto Mencke

Otto Mencke
Otto Mencke
Born(1644-03-22)22 March 1644
Oldenburg, County of Oldenburg
Died18 January 1707(1707-01-18) (aged 62)
Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Leipzig
(B.A., 1662; M.A. 1664;
Ph.D., Aug. 1666)
Known forFounding the Acta Eruditorum journal
Scientific career
FieldsPhilosopher and mathematician
InstitutionsUniversity of Leipzig
ThesisEx Theologia naturali – De Absoluta Dei Simplicitate, Micropolitiam, id est Rempublicam In Microcosmo Conspicuam (Aug. 1666)
Doctoral advisorJakob Thomasius
Doctoral studentsJ. C. Wichmannshausen
Christian Michelmann
Notes
He is the father of Johann Burchard Mencke.

Otto Mencke (English: /ˈmɛŋkə/; German: [ˈmɛŋkə]; 22 March 1644 – 18 January 1707) was a 17th-century German philosopher and scientist.

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