Antoine Deparcieux
Antoine Deparcieux (28 October 17032 September 1768) was a
French mathematician.
He was born at
Clessous in the
Portes, department of
Gard. He attended the school of
Saint Florent for 10 years while working on his family farm. In 1725, his desire for learning took him to
Lyon, where he studied at a
Jesuit school for five years. Then, in 1730, he went to
Paris to increase his knowledge of
mathematics and
physics. He made a living by manufacturing
sundials.
In 1746, he became a member of the
Academy of Sciences, and in about 1765 was named ''Censeur Royal''. He was also librarian at the
University of Strasbourg, and member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, Montpellier, Lyon, Amiens, Metz, Berlin, and Stockholm.
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