About Guillaume Mazeas
Lived 1720 – 1775 (aged 55). Guillaume Mazeas was a French physicist, chemist, canon and geologist.
Father Guillaume Mazeas (; 2 August 1720 – 13 September 1775) was a translator of English scientific works into French, a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society. He was canon of the cathedral of Vannes, France. He corresponded with Stephen Hales on scientific matters, including his experiences with the lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin. His investigations of red dyeing in the East Indies and their improvement in France were of significant industrial value.
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French physicist (1720-1775)
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Guillaume Mazeas was born on 2 August 1720 in Vannes.
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Guillaume Mazeas died on 13 September 1775 in Vannes.
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Guillaume Mazeas was a physicist, chemist, canon and geologist.
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Guillaume Mazeas was French.
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