Otto Mencke
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Otto Mencke was a 17th-century German
Germany
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 philosopher and scientist
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. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
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 in 1666 with a thesis entitled: Ex Theologia naturali — De Absoluta Dei Simplicitate, Micropolitiam, id est Rempublicam In Microcosmo Conspicuam.

He is notable as being the founder of the very first scientific journal in Germany, established 1682, entitled: Acta Eruditorum
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He was a professor of moral philosophy at the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
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, but is more famous for his scientific genealogy that produced a fine lineage of mathematicians that includes notables such as Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...

 and David Hilbert
David Hilbert
David Hilbert was a German mathematician. He is recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of...

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The Mathematics Genealogy Project
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 database records as many as 49,890 mathematicians and other scientists in his lineage. The Philosophy Family Tree records 535 philosophers in his lineage .

Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
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 and Mencke were in correspondence in 1693.

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