Alexis Clairaut

Alexis Claude Clairaut was a French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was a prominent Newtonian whose work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

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Who was born first?

• Alexis Clairaut and Nicolas Louis de Lacaille were born the same year
• Alexis Clairaut was born 1 year after Francesco Algarotti
• Alexis Clairaut was born 1 year before César-François Cassini de Thury
• Alexis Clairaut was born 2 years before William Watson
• Alexis Clairaut was born 2 years before Pierre Charles Le Monnier

Timeline

1. Francesco AlgarottiDecember 11, 1712 – May 3, 1764
2. Alexis Clairaut (this page)May 13, 1713 – May 17, 1765
3. Nicolas Louis de LacailleMarch 15, 1713 – March 21, 1762
4. César-François Cassini de ThuryJune 17, 1714 – September 4, 1784
5. Pierre Charles Le MonnierNovember 20, 1715 – April 3, 1799
6. William WatsonApril 3, 1715 – May 10, 1787

Related

• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716