| Authorised form of name | Ortous de Mairan; Jean Jacques d' (1678 - 1771); natural philosopher |
| Other forms of name | Jean Jacques d'Ortous de |
| Jean Jacques |
| Other forms of surname | Mairan |
| d'Ortous de Mairan |
| Dates | 1678 - 1771 |
| Nationality | French |
| Date of birth | 26 November 1678 |
| Date of death | 20 February 1771 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/01/1735 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
J S Rowlinson, 'Le Sage's Essai de chymie mechanique' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 35-45
J P Zinsser, 'Mentors, the marquise Du Chatelet and historical memory' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 89-108 |
| Code | NA733 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/20/23 | Letter from Jean Jacques d'Ortus de Mairan to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society | 9 May 1736 |
| MM/20/24 | Letter from Jean Jacques d'Ortus de Mairan to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society | 18 March 1741 |
| LBO/20/103 | Copy letter from Jean Jaques Ortous de Mairan, Paris, to Hans Sloane | 18 December 1733 |
| CLP/22ii/62 | Paper, Account of Monsieur [Jean Jacques d'Ortous] de Mairan's paper 'Traite physique et historique de l' Aurore Boreale or philosophical and historical treatise on the Aurora Boreale [Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights]' [by John Eames] | c.1733 |
| EC/1734/15 | Ortous de Mairan, Jean Jacques d': certificate of election to the Royal Society | 23 January 1735 |
| IM/001192 | Ortous de Mairan, Jean Jacques d' | nd |
| MS/790/33 | Letter from Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, Secretary, Academie des Sciences, Paris, to [Martin Folkes] | 5 May 1742 |
| MS/790/35 | Letter from Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, Paris, to Martin Folkes | 25 March 1744 |
| MS/790/34 | Letter from Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, Paris, to [Martin Folkes] | 2 January 1744 |
| CLP/7ii/5 | Paper, 'A dissertation concerning the figure of the Earth. Part the second' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers | 1725 |
| CLP/7ii/5/1 | Manuscript, 'A dissertation concerning the figure of the Earth. Part the second' by J T [John Theophilus] Desaguliers | 1725 |