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Authorised form of name	Clairaut; Alexis Claude (1713 - 1765)
Dates	1713 - 1765
Nationality	French
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of birth	07 May 1713
Place of death	Paris, France
Date of death	17 May 1765
Research field	Mathematics
	Mechanics
	Celestial mechanics
	Geodesy
	Optics
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	27/10/1737
Sources	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB References: Mari Williams, 'James Bradley and the Eighteenth Century "Gap" in Attempts to Measure Annual Stellar Parallax' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 83-100 Richard Sorrenson, 'Towards a History of the Royal Society in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 29-46 Sir Alan Cook, 'Ladies in the Scientific Revolution' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 1-12 Judith P Zinsser, 'Translating Newton's Principia: the Marquise du Chatelet's revisions and additions for a French audience' in NR 2001 vol 55 pp 227-245 Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions) in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 187-204 L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 J P Zinsser, 'Mentors, the marquise Du Chatelet and historical memory' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 89-108
Royal Society code	NA8170

Archives associated with this Fellow

Reference number	Title	Date
EC/1737/06	Clairaut, Alexis Claude: certificate of election to the Royal Society	27 October 1737
LBO/24/15	Copy letter from Alexis Clairaut, Paris, to Cromwell Mortimer	15 September 1737
CLP/8ii/77/1	Manuscript, 'Inquiry concerning the figure of such planets as revolve about an Axis supposing the Density continually to vary, from the Center towards the Surface' by Alexis Claude Clairaut	[1737]
EL/C3/24	Letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris	15 September 1737
EL/C3/25	Translation of a letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris	1737
MS/790/24	Letter from Alexis Claude Clairaut, Paris, to [Martin Folkes]	5 September 1742
EL/C3/17	Letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Tornea	20 February 1736
EL/C3/2	Letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris	13 December 1737
EL/C3/23	Translation of a letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris	1738
EL/C3/19	Paper, 'Investigationes aliquot, ex quibus probatur terrae figuram secundum leges attractionis in ratione inversa quadrati distantiarum maxime ad ellipsin accedere debere [ Some investigations, by which it is proved that the figure of the earth must approach very near to an ellipsis, according to the laws of attraction inversely as the square of the distances]' by Alexis Clairaut	February 1736
EL/C3/18	Translation of a letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Tornea	1786
L&P/2/526	Letter, 'On Melvill's optical paper in the Philosophical Transactions' from Alexis Claude Clairaut to Thomas Birch	30 June 1754
EL/C3/26	Translation of a letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris	1737
CLP/8ii/77	Translated paper, 'Inquiry concerning the figure of such planets as revolve about an Axis supposing the Density continually to vary, from the Center towards the Surface' by Alexis Claude Clairaut	[1737]
EL/C3/36	Translation of a letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris	1737

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