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John Theophilus Desaguliers
French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 12 March 1683, 13 March 1683
- Died
- 29 February 1744
- Place of birth
- La Rochelle
- Place of death
- Covent Garden
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- John, Theophilus
- Family name
- Desaguliers
- Spouse
- Joanna Pudsey
- Child
- Thomas Desaguliers
- Field of work
- physicist
- Occupation
- physicist, philosopher, translator, engineer, jurist
- Citizenship
- France
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
- doctoral advisor
- John Keill
- educated at
- Christ Church, University of Oxford
- honorific prefix
- Reverend
- influenced by
- Isaac Newton
- member of
- Royal Society of London, freemasonry
- place of burial
- London
- student
- Philippe Vayringe
- topic's main category
- Category:John Theophilus Desaguliers
- writing language
- English
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