Mathematician:Jean Leurechon

Mathematician
French Jesuit priest, astronomer and mathematician, known for inventing the Pigeonhole Principle and naming the thermometer.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 15 May 1591 in Bar-le-Duc, France
 * Died: 17 January 1670 in Pont-à-Mousson

Theorems and Definitions

 * Pigeonhole Principle

Publications

 * 1622:


 * 1624: Believed to be the author of under the alias

Also known as
His surname is sometimes seen presented as Leurochon.

Believed to be the actual author behind the name ' or '.

However, it is also disputed that  was a separate person, a student of Leurechon.