Mathematicians in Paris

The atlas holds 8 people and 26 moments here, from 1581 to 1922. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Blaise Pascal and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Notable people

  1. René Descartes

    from 1616 to 1648

    7 moments here

    French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…

  2. Blaise Pascal

    from 1631 to 1662

    6 moments here

    French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal spent his life principally between Clermont-Ferrand, Paris,…

  3. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    from 1672 to 1676

    3 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  4. Thomas Hobbes

    from 1629 to 1647

    3 moments here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

  5. Giordano Bruno

    from 1581 to 1586

    3 moments here

    Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

  6. Thomas Jefferson

    from 1784 to 1789

    2 moments here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

  7. Albert Einstein

    in 1922

    1 moment here

    German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

  8. Thomas Edison

    in 1889

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

Moments

  1. 1581 Thirty lectures in Paris Giordano Bruno
  2. 1585 Return to Paris with Castelnau Giordano Bruno
  3. 1586 Disputation at the Collège de Cambrai Giordano Bruno
  4. 1616 Moves to Paris after university René Descartes
  5. 1622 Visits Paris during property settlement René Descartes
  6. 1625 Settles again in Paris René Descartes
  7. 1628 Meets Bérulle after returning to Paris René Descartes
  8. 1629 Tutor in Paris Thomas Hobbes
  9. 1631 Family relocation to Paris Blaise Pascal
  10. 1639 Presentation at a Mersenne meeting Blaise Pascal
  11. 1640 Exile in Paris Thomas Hobbes
  12. 1644 Visits Paris during a French journey René Descartes
  13. 1647 Mathematical instructor to the Prince of Wales Thomas Hobbes
  14. 1647 Return to Paris and meeting with Descartes Blaise Pascal
  15. 1647 Meets Pascal in Paris René Descartes
  16. 1648 Barometer experiment at Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie Blaise Pascal
  17. 1648 Return to Paris during the Fronde Blaise Pascal
  18. 1648 Arrives in Fronde-era Paris René Descartes
  19. 1662 Death in Paris Blaise Pascal
  20. 1672 Departs for Paris Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  21. 1673 Returns to Paris from London Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  22. 1676 Leaves Paris for Hanover service Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  23. 1784 Arrival as diplomat in Paris Thomas Jefferson
  24. 1789 Present in Paris during Bastille storming Thomas Jefferson
  25. 1889 Tours Europe and Paris Exposition Thomas Edison
  26. 1922 Debates Bergson in Paris Albert Einstein

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