About Pierre Carcavy
Lived 1600 – 1684. Pierre Carcavy was a French mathematician, librarian, lawyer and jurist.
Engraving of Pierre de Carcavy's portrait, a Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Harris Pierre de Carcavi was born in about 1603, in Lyon, France and died in Paris in April 1684. He was a secretary of the National Library of France under Louis XIV. Carcavi was a French mathematician.
Carcavi is known for his correspondence with Pierre de Fermat, Blaise Pascal, Christiaan Huygens, Galileo Galilei, Marin Mersenne, Evangelista Torricelli and René Descartes.
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Who was Pierre Carcavy?
French mathematician and librarian
When was Pierre Carcavy born?
Pierre Carcavy was born in 1600 in Lyon.
When did Pierre Carcavy die?
Pierre Carcavy died on 1 April 1684 in Paris.
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Pierre Carcavy was a mathematician, librarian, lawyer and jurist.
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Pierre Carcavy was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Pierre Carcavy. https://biography.guide/pierre-carcavy/
MLA: "Pierre Carcavy." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/pierre-carcavy/.
Chicago: "Pierre Carcavy." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/pierre-carcavy/.
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