Person: Bouguer, Pierre

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Pierre Bouguer was a French surveyor who took part in an expedition to South America to calculate the size of a degree of latitude.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 16 February 1698, Le Croisic, France. Died 15 August 1758, Paris, France.

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References

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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive