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RefNoIM/002699
LevelItem
TitleLegendre, Louis
ArtistDelpech, François Seraphin
Date1797
DescriptionProfile portrait. By Delpech, after Zéphirin Félix Jean Marius Belliard. Louis Legendre (1752-1797), French politician, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. This portrait was previously thought to represent Adrien Marie Le Gendre (1752-1833), French mathematician, who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.

Not FRS
ObjectNameLithograph
MaterialsBlack and white lithograph
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6318Gendre; Adrien Marie Le (1752 - 1833)1752 - 1833
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