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About Samuel Klingenstierna
Samuel Klingenstierna was a Swedish mathematician and scientist. He started his career as a lawyer but soon moved to natural philosophy. As a student he gave lectures on the then novel mathematical analysis of Newton and Leibniz. Klingenstierna was a professor of geometry at Uppsala University from 1728. In 1750 he moved to physics but retired two years later to become an advisor to the Commander of Artillery. In 1756 he assumed the post of the tutor of the Crown Prince, the future king Gustav III.
Everything about Samuel Klingenstierna →- Occupation
- mathematician, physicist, university teacher
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- August 18, 1698, 1698
- Died
- October 26, 1765, November 3, 1765, 1765