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Antoine Gombaud

1607 - 1684

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Antoine Gombaud, alias Chevalier de Méré, (1607 – 29 December 1684) was a French writer, born in Poitou. Although he was not a nobleman, he adopted the title chevalier (knight) for the character in his dialogues who represented his own views (chevalier de Méré because he was educated at Méré). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Gombaud has received more than 58,832 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Antoine Gombaud is the 352nd most popular mathematician (down from 257th in 2019), the 2,508th most popular biography from France (down from 1,843rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Antoine Gombaud ranks 352 out of 1,004. Before him are Karl Menger, Jean Dieudonné, Ignazio Danti, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Ernesto Cesàro, and Rolf Nevanlinna. After him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Ostilio Ricci, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Emil Leon Post, Albert Girard, and Julius Plücker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1607, Antoine Gombaud ranks 12. Before him are Infante Carlos of Spain, Zhu Yousong, Wenceslaus Hollar, Paul Gerhardt, Akile Hatun, and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. After him are Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Erasmus Quellinus the Younger, Antonio Barberini, Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst, Song Si-yeol, and Johann von Rist. Among people deceased in 1684, Antoine Gombaud ranks 10. Before him are Nicola Amati, Edme Mariotte, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Anne Gonzaga, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Josefa de Óbidos. After him are Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony, Caspar Netscher, Johann Rosenmüller, Roger Williams, Maria d'Este, and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Gombaud ranks 2,508 out of 6,770. Before him are Edgar Quinet (1803), Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1700), René Laloux (1929), Mamertus (401), Bernard Farcy (1949), and Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (1328). After him are Hugh of Châteauneuf (1053), Elisabeth of Lorraine (1574), Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1324), Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Emmanuel Carrère (1957), and Jean d'Ormesson (1925).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Antoine Gombaud ranks 59. Before him are Oronce Finé (1494), Maurice René Fréchet (1878), Alain Connes (1947), René-Louis Baire (1874), Guillaume Postel (1510), and Jean Dieudonné (1906). After him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Albert Girard (1595), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797), and Philippe de La Hire (1640).

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