Antoine Deparcieux
Antoine Deparcieux was a French mathematician.
He was born at Clessous in the Portes, department of Gard. He attended the school of Saint Florent for 10 years while working on his family farm. In 1725, his desire for learning took him to Lyon, where he studied at a Jesuit school for five years. Then, in 1730, he went to Paris to increase his knowledge of mathematics and physics. He made a living by manufacturing sundials.
In 1746, he became a member of the Academy of Sciences, and in about 1765 was named Censeur Royal. He was also librarian at the University of Strasbourg, and member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, Montpellier, Lyon, Amiens, Metz, Berlin, and Stockholm.Accomplishments
Among his constructions were:
He also published many works, including:
- Traité de trigonométrie rectiligne et sphérique, approved by the Academy of Sciences
- Nouveau traité de trigonométrie,
- Traité complet de Gnomonique
- Essai sur les probabilités de la durée de la vie humaine , which is the work for which he is best known
- Mémoire sur la courbure des ondes
In 1758, Deparcieux was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
