| Authorised form of name | Belidor; Bernard Forest de (1693 - 1761) |
| Other forms of name | Bernard Forest |
| Other forms of surname | De Belidor |
| Dates | 1693 - 1761 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Catalonia, Spain |
| Date of birth | 1693 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 08 September 1761 |
| Research field | Mechanics |
| Ballistics |
| Military and civil architecture |
| Activity | Career:
Worked on the survey of the French meridian under Jacques Cassini (FRS 1698) (1718); Professor of Mathematics, Artillery School of La Fere; employed by the Prince de Dombes, Grand Master of Artillery, then by the Prince de Cond, who took him on campaign in Italy; Inspector of Artillery; Field Marshal; Royal Censor of mathematical works
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences; Berlin Academy
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/11/1726 |
| Relationships | Son of Jean Baptiste Foret de Belidor, officer of dragoons, and his wife, Marie Hébert; orphaned at five months old and brought up by the family of his godfather, an artillery officer named de Fossiébourg; married the daughter or granddaughter of de Fossiébourg |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Biographie Universelle
Notes:
Proposed by James Jurin. DSB gives year of birth as 1697/8. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/36914355 |
| Code | NA7803 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/M3/1 | Letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor | 4 March 1731 |
| RBO/12/71 | Discourse on the theory of gunpowder by Monsieur de Belidor | 1726 |
| RBO/15/54 | Belidor's account of his books on architecture military, civil and hydraulic | 1730 |
| RBO/13/78 | Account of how to measure the area of spherical triangles by Belidor | 1728 |
| IM/000321 | Belidor, Bernard Forest de | nd |
| LBO/18/136 | Copy letter from Bernard Belidor | 9 June 1726 |
| LBO/20/96 | Copy letter from Bernard Forest de Belidor, La Frere, to Dr Mortimer | 24 October 1733 |
| LBO/19/83 | Copy letter from Bernard Belidor, Lafere, to James Jurin | 24 March 1728 |
| LBO/19/183 | Copy letter from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Cromwell Mortimer | 16 July 1731 |
| LBO/19/251 | Copy of a circular from Cromwell Mortimer, London, to Bernard Forest de Belidor | 14 May 1731 |
| EL/B2/83 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor [to the Royal Society], dated at La Fere | 8 June 1726 |
| CLP/1/46/2 | Diagrams, triangles inscribed on spheres by [Bernard Forest de Belidor] | 18 November 1726 |
| EL/B2/93 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at La Fere | 28 April 1734 |
| EL/B2/96 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at La Fere | 16 March 1735 |
| EL/B2/87 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to James Jurin, dated at La Fere | 24 March 1728 |
| EL/B2/88 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to William Rutty, dated at La Fere | 13 January 1731 |
| EL/B2/90 | Translation of a letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Dr [Cromwell] Mortimer | 1731 |
| EL/B3/57 | Extract of Bernard Forest de Belidor's proposals for his hydraulic architecture or the art of conducting, raising and managing water for the different uses of life | May 1737 |
| CLP/1/47 | Translation, 'Some thoughts concerning the measure of the area of spherical triangles' by M [Bernard Forest] de Belidor | [1726-1728] |
| EL/M3/4 | Translation of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London | 1731 |
| EL/B2/86 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to James Jurin, dated at La Fere | 14 December 1726 |
| EL/B2/89 | Translation of a letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor [to the Royal Society], dated at La Fere | 1731 |
| EL/B2/94 | Translation of a letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Dr [Cromwell] Mortimer, dated at La Fere | 1734 |
| EL/B2/95 | Translation of a letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor [to the Royal Society], dated at La Fere | 1735 |
| EL/B2/82 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to the Royal Society, dated at La Fere | 10 August 1722 |
| CLP/3ii/22 | Paper, 'Discours sur la theorie de la poudre' [Concerning the theory of gunpowder] by [Bernard Forest] de Belidor | 1726 |
| EL/B2/85 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor [to the Royal Society], dated at La Fere | 18 November 1786 |
| CLP/1/46/1 | Manuscript, 'Mémoire sur la mesure de l'aire des triangles sphériques' ['On measuring the area of spherical triangles'] by Mr [Bernard Forest] de Belidor | 18 November 1726 |
| CLP/1/46 | Paper, 'Mémoire sur la mesure de l'aire des triangles sphériques' ['On measuring the area of spherical triangles'] by Mr [Bernard Forest] de Belidor | 18 November 1726 |
| EL/B2/84 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to James Jurin, dated at La Fere | 27 August 1726 |
| EL/B2/91 | Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Dr [Cromwell] Mortimer, dated at La Fere | 24 October 1733 |
| EL/B2/92 | Translation of a letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Dr [Cromwell] Mortimer, dated at La Fere | 1733 |
| EL/M3/2 | Copy of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London | 4 March 1731 |
| EL/M3/3 | Translation of a letter, from Cromwell Mortimer to Monsieur [Bernard Forest de] Belidor, dated at London | 1731 |