Photo of René-Antoine FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR

Family tree of René-Antoine FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR

Physicist, Naturalist

FrenchBorn René-Antoine FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR

French scientist

Born on February 28, 1683 in La Rochelle, France , France

Died on October 17, 1757 in Saint-Julien-du-Terroux, France

Family tree

Report an error

This form allows you to report an error or to submit additional information about this family tree: René-Antoine FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR (1683)

More information

Réaumur was born in a prominent La Rochelle family and educated in Paris. He learned philosophy in the Jesuits' college at Poitiers, and in 1699 went to Bourges to study civil law and mathematics under the charge of an uncle, canon of La Sainte-Chapelle. In 1703 he came to Paris, where he continued the study of mathematics and physics, and in 1708, aged only twenty-four, was nominated by Pierre Varignon (who taught him mathematics) and elected a member of the Académie des Sciences. ...   Réaumur was born in a prominent La Rochelle family and educated in Paris. He learned philosophy in the Jesuits' college at Poitiers, and in 1699 went to Bourges to study civil law and mathematics under the charge of an uncle, canon of La Sainte-Chapelle. In 1703 he came to Paris, where he continued the study of mathematics and physics, and in 1708, aged only twenty-four, was nominated by Pierre Varignon (who taught him mathematics) and elected a member of the Académie des Sciences.



© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0

 

Geographical origins

The map below shows the places where the ancestors of the famous person lived.

Loading... An error has occured while loading the map.