Who patronized philosophers like Gottfried Leibniz and John Toland?
Anne
Mary
Elizabeth
Sophia of Hanover
Answer
Sophia of Hanover, the Electress of Hanover and a granddaughter of King James I of England, patronized philosophers such as Gottfried Leibniz and John Toland. Leibniz was a German mathematician and philosopher who was a key figure in the development of calculus and Theory of probability.
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