Over the course of their marriage the couple would have thirteen children, five of which would survive infancy. The additional income from this appointment made it possible for Euler to marry Katharina Gsell, the daughter of a Swiss artist. Three years later Euler’s fortune improved to an even greater extent when the senior chair of mathematics at the institution, Daniel Bernoulli, decided to return to Switzerland and his position was given to Euler.
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Petersburg in 1727 and enlisted with the Russian navy, which he was required to remain a member of until 1730, when he was made a full member of the Academy. Though he would have preferred to stay at Basel and was hoping to be presented a post there before he left for Russia, none was offered to him, perhaps because he was still only nineteen years old. In 1726, Euler completed his studies and began seeking an academic appointment, which he quickly received from the St. Soon after, however, with the help of Bernoulli, Euler convinced his father to permit him to study mathematics instead. Yet, even in 1723, Euler still appeared to be set on a course that would lead him to the Church, having gained his Master’s in philosophy and embarked on studies of theology. His prodigious ability in the field impressed renowned mathematics professor Johann Bernoulli, who allowed Euler to visit with him on Sundays to discuss any difficulties the young scholar had in understanding the advanced books on mathematics that he had recommended.
Accordingly, Leonhard Euler was raised to follow suit and join the ministry, but his father had sparked his interest in mathematics at a young age and this interest was further cultivated at the University of Basel, which he entered at the age of fourteen.
He was born in Basel, Switzerland on April 15, 1707, the son of Paul Euler, a Protestant minister, and Margaret Brucker, the daughter of a Protestant minister. Leonhard Euler is best known as a prolific mathematician, but he also made notable contributions in optics and astronomy.
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