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Authorised form of nameSlusius; Renatus Franciscus (1622 - 1685); mathematician and clergyman
Other forms of nameRene Francois Walter de
Other forms of surnameSluze
Sluse
Dates1622 - 1685
NationalityBelgian
Place of birthVisé, Spanish Netherlands [modern day Belgium], Europe
Date of birth2 July 1622
Place of deathLiege, Spanish Netherlands [modern day Belgium], Europe
Date of death19 March 1685
Dates and placesBaptism:
Visé, Spanish Netherlands [modern day Belgium], Europe (7 July 1622)
OccupationClergyman, Roman Catholic
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
University of Louvain (1638-1642); University of Sapienza, Rome (doctorate 1643)
Career:
Canon of Liege (1651); Abbot of Amay (1666); Chancellor of Liege; Counsellor and Chancellor to Prince Maximilian-Henry of Bavaria
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/04/1674
Age at election53
ProposerHenry Oldenburg
Other Royal Society activityFrequent correspondent to Henry Oldenburg, who initiated contact after reading Slusius' published works;
One letter was published in the 'Philosophical Transactions'
RelationshipsParents: René de Sluze and Catherine Waltheri de Castro
Siblings: Pierre Louis de Sluze; Jean Gualière de Sluze
Published worksRCN: R63803
General contextAs a scholar of Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac, Slusius' skills were used by Pope Innocent X in the translation of some correspondence. This connection to the church as well as his background in legal studies enabled him to quickly rise through ecclesiastical ranks. He was in regular correspondence with Christiaan Huygens (FRS 1663), Blaise Pascal, and John Wallis (FRS 1663). He wrote to Huygens, for example, about integrating the cissoid. Slusius and Isaac Newton (FRS 1672) both found solutions to finding tangents independently from each other. Similarly, he solved Alhazen's problem around the same time as Hugyens. Pascal named the 'Pearls of Sluze' after him.
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SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; BIB; DSB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/57760529
Royal Society codeNA5659
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EL/S1/85Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg16 November 1674
DM/5/55Draft of a diploma for Renatus Franciscus Slusius, marking his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society1674
LBO/3/105Copy letter from Francis Slusius to Henry Oldenburg1670
LBO/5/27Copy letter from Renatus Franciscus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg1 January 1671
LBO/2/95Copy letter from Renatus Franciscus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg19 July 1668
LBO/2/64Copy letter from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius26 February 1668
LBO/2/30Copy letter from Renatus Franciscus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg24 November 1667
LBO/2/10Letter from Renatus Franciscus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg20 May 1667
LBO/7/10Copy letter from Renatus Franciscus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg8 February 1674
MS/427/280Copy letter from [Alexander William] Williamson, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. Le Paige - Liege University [Belgium]31 May 1883
CLP/24/37/3Diagram, Isaac Barrow's solution to [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius' 'Construction of Solid Problems' [relayed by John Collins]17th century
CLP/24/20/1Memorandum, On the books to be mentioned to Renatus Slusius by John Collinsc.20 February 1672
CLP/24/36Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburgc.12 September 1669
CLP/24/17/1Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburgc.15 March 1670
CLP/24/17/5Diagram, by John Collinsc.15 March 1670
CLP/24/24/1Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg1660
EL/S1/77Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg3 May 1673
EL/O1/72Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London19 June 1668
CLP/24/20/2Diagram, by John Collinsc.20 February 1672
CLP/24/37/2Diagram, Isaac Barrow's solution to [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius' 'Construction of Solid Problems' [relayed by John Collins]17th century
CLP/24/25aLetter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusiusc.17th century
CLP/24/37/1Paper, Isaac Barrow's solution to [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius' 'Construction of Solid Problems' [relayed by John Collins]17th century
CLP/24/17/3Diagram, by John Collinsc.15 March 1670
EL/S1/81Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg23 March 1674
EL/S1/84Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg19 May 1674
EL/S1/69Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg8 June 1672
EL/S1/75Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg1673
EL/S1/88Copy of a letter, from Renatus Slusius to John Wallis21 April 1676
EL/S1/60Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg1670
EL/S1/50Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich6 October 1667
CLP/24/24Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburg1660
EL/S1/57Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich7 March 1669
EL/S1/78Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg5 August 1673
EL/S1/53Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich29 March 1668
EL/W2/15aDraft letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius29 December 1673
EL/S1/87Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg21 April 1676
EL/S1/65Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich20 August 1670
EL/S1/83Letter, from Renatus Slusius to the Royal Society19 May 1674
EL/S1/76Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg18 April 1673
EL/S1/55Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich4 October 1668
EL/S1/51Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg1667
EL/O2/88Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius11 July 1672
EL/S1/70Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg10 June 1672
EL/O2/142Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius20 February 1674
EL/S1/80Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg8 February 1674
EL/S1/71Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg22 June 1672
EL/S1/62Copy of a letter, from Renatus Slusius to John Wallis, dated at Luttich1670
EL/S1/86Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg26 June 1675
EL/S1/68Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich18 July 1671
EL/S1/66Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich22 November 1670
EL/W1/106Letter, from John Wallis to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, dated at Oxford29 March 1670
EL/S1/79Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg13 September 1673
EL/O1/59Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus SlusiusFebruary 1668
EL/O2/81Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at LondonApril 1672
EL/S1/56Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich24 October 1668
EL/S1/74Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg1672
EL/O1/39Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, dated at London6 February 1667
EL/S1/58Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich31 May 1669
EL/O2/151Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London14 September 1674
EL/S1/59Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich1669
EL/S1/49Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich20 May 1667
EL/S1/52Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich1668
EL/S1/82Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg23 November 1673
EL/O1/111Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London7 March 1669
EL/S1/54Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg7 May 1668
EL/S1/61Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg10 March 1670
EL/S1/72Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg1672
EL/O2/100Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius16 December 1672
EL/S1/73Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry OldenburgDecember 1672
CLP/24/36/2Diagram, by John Collinsc.12 September 1669
CLP/24/17/4Diagram, by John Collinsc.15 March 1670
CLP/24/17/6Diagram, by John Collinsc.15 March 1670
CLP/24/36/1Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburgc.12 September 1669
EL/O2/33Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius24 September 1670
EL/S1/63Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich25 July 1670
EL/W1/95Letter, from John Wallis to Renatus Franciscus Slusius10 September 1669
EL/S1/67Letter, from Renatus Slusius to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Luttich9 March 1671
EL/O1/47Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, dated at London23 October 1667
CLP/24/24/2Diagram, by John Collins 1660
EL/S1/64Copy of a letter, from Renatus Slusius to John Wallis, dated at Luttich25 July 1670
EL/O2/110Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London1673
EL/O2/147Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London17 April 1674
EL/O2/121Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London10 July 1673
EL/O2/3Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London16 July 1669
EL/O2/21Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London26 January 1670
EL/O1/100Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London26 January 1669
EL/O2/156Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London17 May 1675
CLP/19/27Paper, queries about Germany from Mr Henshaw sent to R Slusius at Liege 6 September 1667
EL/O1/46aPaper, a new rule for reducing equations of the fourth degree to the third by a Parisian sent by Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius1667
EL/O2/98Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London11 November 1672
CLP/24/17Letter, from John Collins to Henry Oldenburgc.15 March 1670
CLP/24/15Letter, from John Collins to Renatus Slusiusc.17th century
CLP/24/20Memorandum, On the books to be mentioned to Renatus Slusius by John Collinsc.20 February 1672
CLP/24/30Paper, An account of Renatus Franciscus Slusius' book 'Duae Mediae Proportionales inter extremas datas per circulum et per infinitas hyperbolas vel ellipses' by John Collins1668
CLP/24/37Paper, Isaac Barrow's solution to [Renatus Franciscus] Slusius' 'Construction of Solid Problems' [relayed by John Collins]17th century
EL/O1/45Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius6 June 1667
EL/O1/49Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Franciscus Slusius, dated at London25 November 1667
EL/O2/50Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London28 April 1671
EL/O2/60Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at LondonNovember 1671
EL/O2/79Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London1672
EL/O2/132Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London25 September 1673
EL/O2/149Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Renatus Slusius, dated at London15 May 1674
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