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Authorised form of name	Auzout; Adrian (1622 - 1691); physician and astronomer
Other forms of name	Adrien
Dates	1622 - 1691
Nationality	French
Place of birth	Rouen, France, Europe
Date of birth	January 1622
Place of death	Rome, Italy, Europe
Date of death	23 May 1691
Research field	Astronomy
	Physics
	Mathematics
Activity	Career: Designed apparatus of mercury barometer in a vacuum (1647); worked for clergymen or noblemen, for example in managing their estates (1640s); wrote to King Louis XIV about the need for a public observatory (1664); made astronomical observations from Jean-Baptiste Colbert's residence in Paris (1666); Memberships: Academie Royale des Sciences (Original Member)
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	23/05/1666
Proposer	Henry Oldenburg
Other Royal Society activity	Acted as a frequent correspondent to the Society, e.g. presented his new micrometer in a letter to Oldenburg (1666); Had some astronomical observations and reports published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1660s)
Relationships	Parents: Adrian Auzout and Jeanne Piedelièvre
OtherInfo	After leaving Rouen, Auzout became a member of the circle of French mathematician Marin Mersenne, who was also a correspondent to Fellows such as Samuel Sorbiere (FRS 1663) or Theodore Haak (FRS 1663). The group of natural philosophers who gathered at Colbert's residence for astronomical observations can be seen as a precursor to the Académie des Sciences. He was involved in some academic disputes with both Hevelius (FRS 1663) on comet predictions and William Petty (FRS 1663) on ancient architecture and statistics.
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Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; DBF; Hunter References: Cook, A. 2004. 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 3-19 Hetherington, N S. 1972-3. 'The Hevelius-Auzout Controversy', in Notes and Records, vol. 27, pp. 103-106 Notes: DBF gives date of death as 16 January 1691; BR gives date of birth as 28 January 1691
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/19827688
Code	NA2328

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
LBO/1/106	Copy extract of a letter from Adrian Auzout, Paris, to Henry Justel	27 January 1666
LBO/1/141	Copy of a letter from Adrian Auzout at Paris to Henry Oldenburg	28 December 1666
LBO/9/88	Copy letter from Adrian Azout, Paris, to HenryJustel	3 June 1684
LBO/2/40	Copy extract of a letter from Adrian Auzout, Paris, to Henry Oldenburg	29 December 1667
EL/A/16	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	16 July 1666
EL/A/19	Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg	1666
EL/A/3	Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to L'Abbe Charles	1664
EL/A/21	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg	17 March 1668
EL/A/2	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to L'Abbe Charles, dated at Paris	13 October 1664
EL/A/13	Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg	1666
EL/A/15	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to the Royal Society, dated at Paris	16 July 1666
EL/A/18	Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg	1666
EL/A/10	Translated extract of a letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg	1666
EL/O1/74	Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout, dated at London	29 June 1668
EL/A/11	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	14 April 1666
EL/O1/94	Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout, dated at London	2 January 1669
EL/A/22	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	25 January 1677
CLP/9ii/5	Extract, 'Osservatione del Signor Adriano Auzout fatta in Roma nel principio di quest'anno intorno alla declinatione della Calamita, estratta dal primo Giornale de' Letterati dell'anno 1670'	[1670]
EL/A/4	Letter, from Adrian Auzout [to the Royal Society] dated at Paris	20 October 1664
EL/A/5	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	22 June 1665
EL/A/8	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Justel, dated at Paris	27 January 1666
EL/A/12	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	5 May 1666
EL/A/9	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	12 February 1666
EL/A/6	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	11 July 1665
EL/A/20	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	29 December 1667
EL/A/7	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg	3 October 1665
EL/A/17	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	28 December 1666
EL/O1/29	Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Adrian Auzout	24 May 1666
EL/A/14	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris	18 May 1666
CLP/2/13/1	Manuscript, on telescopes and how to use them by [Robert Hooke?]	[1667]
CLP/2/13	Paper, on telescopes and how to use them by [Robert Hooke?]	[1667?]
EL/A/1	Letter, from Adrian Auzout to [unknown correspondent]	3 March 1665

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