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Authorised form of nameLagny; Thomas Fantet de (1660 - 1734)
Other forms of nameThomas
Other forms of surnameFantet
Langny
de Lagny
Dates1660 - 1734
NationalityFrench
Place of birthLyon, France
Date of birth07 November 1660
Place of deathParis, France
Date of death11 or 12 April 1734
Research fieldMathematics
Computation
ActivityEducation:
Jesuit school in Lyons; Toulouse
Career:
Tutor to the Noailles family; lived in Paris (1696-1697); Professor of Hydrography at Rochefort; Deputy Director of Banque General (1716-1718)
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/12/1718
RelationshipsSon of - Fantet, a royal official in Grenoble
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altnernative spelling Langny taken from the Record
References:
A Rupert Hall, 'Further Newton Correspondence' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 7-34
Notes:
Proposed by Abraham de Moivre. DSB gives death date as 11 April 1734
CodeNA1127
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