Jean Picard

Jean Picard was a French priest, astronomer and pioneer in geodesy, born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Collège royal Henri le Grand. He is best known for accurately measuring the size of the Earth, through a survey of one degree of latitude along the Paris Meridian.

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Who was born first?

• Jean Picard and Edme Mariotte were born the same year
• Jean Picard and Nicholas Mercator were born the same year
• Jean Picard and William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker were born the same year
• Jean Picard was born 2 years after Francesco Maria Grimaldi
• Jean Picard was born 2 years before Vincenzo Viviani

Timeline

1. Francesco Maria GrimaldiApril 2, 1618 – December 1663
2. Edme Mariotte1620 – May 12, 1684
3. Jean Picard (this page)July 21, 1620 – July 12, 1682
4. Nicholas Mercator1620 – January 14, 1687
5. William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brounckercirca 1620 – April 5, 1684
6. Vincenzo VivianiApril 5, 1622 – September 22, 1703

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