See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• MOREAU, GUSTAVE (1826-1898)
• MOREAU, HEGESIPPE (18ro-1838)
• MOREAU, JEAN VICTOR MARIE (1763-1813)

MOREAU DE See also:

• PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS (1698–1759)

MAUPERTUIS (1698–1759)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French mathematician and astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St Maio on the 17th of See also:

• JULY

July 1698 . When twenty years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, becoming See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry, and employing his leisure on mathematical studies . After five years he quitted the army and was admitted in 1723 a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences . In 1728 he visited See also:

• LONDON

London, and was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society . In 1736 he acted as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the expedition sent by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XV. into See also:

• LAPLAND, or LAPPLAND

Lapland to measure the length of a degree of the See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian (see See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

EARTH, FIGURE OF), and on his return See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home he became a member of almost all the scientific See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . In 1740 See also:

• MAUPERTUIS, PIERRE LOUIS MOREAU DE (1698–1759)

Maupertuis went to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin on the invitation of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, and took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Mollwitz, where he was taken prisoner by the Austrians . On his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he returned to Berlin, and thence to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he was elected director of the Academy of Sciences in 1742, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year was admitted into the Academy . Returning to Berlin in 1744, at the See also:

• DESIRE

desire of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II., he was chosen See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1746 . Finding his See also:

• HEALTH

health declining, he repaired in 1757 to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but went in 1758 to See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel, where he died on the 27th of July 1759 . Maupertuis was unquestionably a m ,n of consider-able ability as a mathematician, but his restless, gloomy disposition involved him in See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant quarrels, of which his controversies with See also:

• KONIG, KARL RUDOLPH (1832-1901)

Konig and See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire during the latter part of his See also:

• LIFE

life furnish examples . The following are his most important See also:

• WORKS

works: Sur la figure de la terre (Paris, 1738) ; Discours sur la parallaxe de la tune (Paris, 1741) ; Discours sur la figure See also:

• DES

des astres (Paris, 1742) ; Elements de la geographie (Paris, 1742); Lettre sur la comae de 1742 (Paris, 1742); Astronomie nautique (Paris, 1745 and 1746) ; See also:

• VENUS

Venus physique (Paris, 1745) ; Essai de cosmologie (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 1750) . His Euvres were published in 1752 at See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden and in 1756 at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons .