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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
(1698-1759)

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LOC:    Maupertuis, 1698-1759
LBT ID: PiMaupe1759    VIAF ID: 95152459    LOC ID: n81043717
B/BAP:   1698-07-17
DIED:   1759-07-27
SOURCES: Wikipedia; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
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.
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