Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

(1698-1759)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Maupertuis, 1698-1759 LBT ID: PiMaupe1759 VIAF ID: 95152459 LOC ID: n81043717	B/BAP: 1698-07-17 DIED: 1759-07-27
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French philosopher who embraced Newtonianism in Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732). In 1745 he was hired by Frederick the Great to organize a Prussian academy.
REFERENCES TO Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis: Lord Byron to John Sheppard, 8 December 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Found 1: ¶ 2