Johann Bernoulli, a member of the worlds most successful mathematical family, the Bernoullis. Johann Bernoulli was born in Basel, Switzerland on August 6, 1667, exactly when the Civil War ended. Johann 's family was originally from a small town called Antwerp, Belgium, but escaped to avoid persecution by Catholics. His mother Margretha Bernoulli was a local official and his father Nicolaus Bernoulli was a great merchant. His father wanted Johann to become a merchant like himself but Johann terribly failed as an apprentice. After Johann failed as an apprentice, he begged his father for permission to enter college. In 1683, his father gave him permission, he attended the University of Basel. The University of Basel was where his older brother Jacob Bernoulli was a professor.
             While a student at Basel he studied medicine and was tutored in math by Jacob, who was a great mathematician. A few years after learning math from his brother Jacob, he developed a mastery of the new Leibnizian Calculus. Johann became so great at math, it broke up his relationship with Jacob because of Jacobs jealousy of Johann. In 1694 Johann committed himself to math and received his doctorate on a mathematical paper on muscular movement. A year later, his wife Drothea gave birth to their first child named Nikolaus after Johann 's father.
             Later after graduating from Basel, Johann took a trip to Paris. While there he met the leading mathematician L 'Hospital. L 'Hospital convinced Johann into teaching him calculus for a fee. After being taught by Johann, L 'Hospital published a book on fifferential calculus. Everything L 'Hospital wrote was from Johann notes and letters but L 'Hospital claimed all Johann 's work as his own. Their friendship suddenly ended.
             After Johann came back from Paris Johann tried to get the seat of mathematics at Basel but couldn't because Jacob held it. Soon after Johann was denied the s...