Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt

Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (Latin), Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt (French), or Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt, was a French mathematician, physicist, and writer who conducted experiments on magnetism and wrote the first extant treatise describing the properties of magnets.

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Who was born first?

• Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt was born 2 years before Georgios Pachymeres
• Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt was born 2 years after Yang Hui
• Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt was born 4 years after Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
• Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt was born 9 years before Zhu Shijie
• Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt was born 9 years after Guo Shoujing

Timeline

1. Guo Shoujing1231–1316
2. Qutb al-Din al-ShiraziOctober 1236 – February 7, 1311
3. Yang Huicirca 1238 – circa 1298
4. Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (this page)circa 1240 – 14th century
5. Georgios Pachymeres1242 – circa 1310
6. Zhu Shijie1249–1314

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• 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