About Claude Mydorge
Lived 1585 – 1647 (aged 61–62). Claude Mydorge was a French mathematician.
Claude Mydorge (1585 – July 1647) was a French mathematician. His primary contributions were in geometry and physics.
Mydorge served on a scientific committee (whose members included Pierre Hérigone and Étienne Pascal) set up to determine whether Jean-Baptiste Morin's scheme for determining longitude from the Moon's motion was practical.
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Who was Claude Mydorge?
French mathematician
When was Claude Mydorge born?
Claude Mydorge was born in 1585 in Paris.
When did Claude Mydorge die?
Claude Mydorge died on 1 July 1647.
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Claude Mydorge was a mathematician.
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Claude Mydorge was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Claude Mydorge. https://biography.guide/claude-mydorge/
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