| Authorised form of name | Maupertuis; Pierre Louis Moreau de (1698 - 1759) |
| Dates | 1698 - 1759 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | St-Malo, France |
| Date of birth | 17 July or 28 September 1698 |
| Place of death | Basel, Switzerland |
| Date of death | 27 July 1759 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Dornach, Switzerland |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Biology |
| Physics |
| Activity | Education:
Paris
Career:
Travelled to London (1728); became foremost proponent of Newtonianism in France; travelled to Basel, where he was befriended by the Bernoulli family; led the French expedition to Lapland to measure a degree of Longitude (1735); travelled to Berlin at the request of Frederick the Great (1738); served with Frederick in the War of the Austrian Succession; moved to Berlin (1745); returned to St Malo when his health broke down after a quarrel with his former pupil Samuel Konig and his friend Voltaire (1752); returned to Berlin (1755-1756); travelled to Switzerland (1758)
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences (1723); Academie Francaise (1744); Berlin Academy (President 1746-1756)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 27/06/1728 |
| Relationships | Married - de Borck of Berlin |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Jean Jacquot, 'Sir Hans Sloane and French Men of Science' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 85-98
J P Zinsser, 'Mentors, the marquise Du Chatelet and historical memory' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 89-108
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 28 September 1698, and is source for birth place. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/95152459 |
| Code | NA7795 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003025 | Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Morceau de | 2001 |
| IM/003024 | Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Morceau de | nd |
| MM/20/25 | Letter from Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society | 28 May 1733 |
| MM/20/26 | Letter from Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society | 18 November 1737 |
| MM/20/27 | Letter from Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society | [18 February 1738] |
| IM/005300 | Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Morceau de | nd |
| L&P/1/174 | Letter, 'Note on Reamaur's history of insects, 6th volume, being an extract from a letter referring to the account of Trembley's freshwater polype' from Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis to unknown recipient | 6 February 1742 |
| CLP/1/48/4 | Diagram, triangle in ellipse by [Pierre Louis de Maupertuis] | [1731] |
| CLP/1/48/3 | Diagram, triangle in ellipse by [Pierre Louis de Maupertuis] | [1731] |
| CLP/1/48/7 | Diagram, triangles and spherical triangles in ellipse by [Pierre Louis de Maupertuis] | [1731] |
| CLP/1/48/6 | Diagram, triangles and spherical triangles in ellipse by [Pierre Louis de Maupertuis] | [1731] |
| CLP/1/48/5 | Diagram, two triangles in ellipse by [Pierre Louis de Maupertuis] | [1731] |
| CLP/1/48/2 | Diagram, triangle in ellipse by [Pierre Louis de Maupertuis] | [1731] |
| CLP/1/48 | Paper, 'De figuris quas fluida rotata induere possunt, problemata duo; cum conjectura de stellis quae aliquando prodeunt vel deficiunt, et de annulo saturni' ['On two problems of the shapes of rotating fluids, with a conjecture about the stars that will eventually emerge or fade, and on the ring of Saturn'] by Petro Ludovico [Pierre Louis] de Maupertuis | [1731] |
| EL/M3/31 | Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris | 21 March 1736 |
| CLP/1/48/1 | Manuscript, 'De figuris quas fluida rotata induere possunt, problemata duo; cum conjectura de stellis quae aliquando prodeunt vel deficiunt, et de annulo saturni' ['On two problems of the shapes of rotating fluids, with a conjecture about the stars that will eventually emerge or fade, and on the ring of Saturn'] by Petro Ludovico [Pierre Louis] de Maupertuis | [1731] |
| EL/M3/53 | Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris | 1736 |
| EL/M3/25 | Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris | 1735 |
| EL/M3/59 | Letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris | 25 May 1738 |
| EL/M3/60 | Translation of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris | 1738 |
| EL/M3/23 | Translation of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris | 1731 |
| EL/M3/24 | Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris | 1735 |
| EL/M3/60b | Letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to [James] Bradley, dated at Paris | 27 September 1737 |