Ismael boulliau biography books
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Boulliau, Ismael
- 1. Dates
- Born: Loudun, 1605
- Died: France, 1694
- Dateinfo: Dates Certain
- Lifespan: 89
- 2.
Father
- Occupation: Lawyer
- The father was a notary in Loudun.
- No information on financial status.
Ismael Boulliau, a French astronomer and correspondent, was born Sep. 28, In an age before the existence of scientific societies and their journals.
- 3. Nationality
- Birth: France
- Career: France
- Death: France
- 4. Education
- Schooling: Paris, Poitiers
- Early studies were in the humanities at Loudun, then philosophy, probably at Paris, and law, possibly at Poitiers.
No mention of a degree.
- 5.
“An early Copernican and Keplerian, Ismael Boulliau was the most noted astronomer of his generation.
Religion
- Affiliation: Born a Calvinist, converted to Catholicism at 21.
- 6. Scientific Disciplines
- Primary: Astronomy, Mathematics, Optics
- Subordinate: Astrology.
- 7.
Means of Support
- Primary: Patronage
- Secondary: Church Living.
- 1630, became a priest.
Summary: Ismael Boulliau or Bullialdus was a French clergyman and amateur mathematician who proposed an inverse square law for gravitation before Newton.
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- Principal works.
- Ismael Boulliau, a French astronomer and correspondent, was born Sep. 28, In an age before the existence of scientific societies and their journals.
- “An early Copernican and Keplerian, Ismael Boulliau was the most noted astronomer of his generation.
Was for a short time vicar to Urbain Grandier, and helped direct the parish of Saint-Pierre du Marche (Loudun).
- 1633-6, settled in Paris, means of support unknown.
- 1636, librarian of the Hotel de Thou
