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MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE (16981759) , French mathematician and astronomer, was born at St Maio on the 17th of July 1698. When twenty years of age he entered the army, becoming lieutenant
Academy
chief
Lapland
home he became a member of almost all the scientific societies of Europe. In 1740 Maupertuis went to Berlin on the invitation of the king of Prussia, and took part in the battle of Mollwitz, where he was taken prisoner by the Austrians. On his release he returned to Berlin, and thence to Paris, where he was elected director of the Academy
south
Konig
The following are his most important works: Sur la figure de la terre (Paris, 1738) ; Discours sur la parallaxe de la tune (Paris, 1741) ; Discours sur la figure des astres (Paris, 1742) ; Elements de la geographie (Paris, 1742); Lettre sur la comae de 1742 (Paris, 1742); Astronomie nautique (Paris, 1745 and 1746) ; Venus
Amsterdam
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