Mathematician:Jean Picard

Mathematician

French astronomer and priest, best known for his accurate measure of the size of Earth, based on a careful survey of one degree of latitude along the Paris Meridian.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 21 July 1620 in La Flèche, Kingdom of France
• Died: 12 July 1682 in Paris, Kingdom of France

Publications

• 1671: Mesure de la Terre ("Measuring the Earth")

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Jean Picard": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive