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Pierre Louis Maupertuis
September 28, 1698 – July 27, 1759
French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters (1698–1759)
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Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the director of the Académie des Sciences and the first president of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great.
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- Birthday · September 28
- Anniversary · July 27
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