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Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal (/pæˈskæl, pɑːˈskɑːl/; French: [blɛz paskal]; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pascal’s earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defence of the scientific method.
In 1642, while still a teenager, he started some pioneering work on calculating machines. After three years of effort and 50 prototypes, he built 20 finished machines (called Pascal’s calculators and later Pascalines) over the following 10 years, establishing him as one of the first two inventors of the mechanical calculator.
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Name(s):
Blaise Pascal
Occupation:
Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor, Writer and Catholic Theologian
Birth:
June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Death:
August 19, 1662, Paris, France
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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax … - Blaise Pascal | Biography, Facts, & Inventions | Britannica.com
Blaise Pascal, (born June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand, France—died August 19, 1662, Paris), French mathematician, physicist, religious philosopher, and … - Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) – University of St Andrews
Blaise Pascal was the third of Étienne Pascal’s children and his only son. Blaise’s mother died when he was only three years old. In 1632 the Pascal family, … - Pascal, Blaise | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Blaise Pascal was born on June 19, 1623, in Clermont (now Clermont-Ferrand) in the Auvergne region of central France. His parents were Étienne Pascal (1588 … - Blaise Pascal – Biography, Facts and Pictures – Famous Scientists
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), the French philosopher and scientist, was one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians of all time. He was also an expert. - Blaise Pascal – Berkeley Math
Born in 1623 in Clermont, France, Blaise Pascal is one of the most well known mathematicians of all times. His mother, Antoinette, died when he was only three, … - Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662) – TCD Maths home – Trinity College Dublin
Blaise Pascal was born at Clermont on June 19, 1623, and died at Paris on Aug. 19, 1662. His father, a local judge at Clermont, and himself of some scientific … - Blaise Pascal Biography – life, family, children, story, death, history …
Blaise Pascal was an influential mathematical writer, a master of the French language, and a great religious philosopher (a person who seeks wisdom). - What were the famous Blaise Pascal inventions? | HowStuffWorks
Blaise Pascal’s inventions ranged from mathematical theorems to Christian philosophy. Learn about the famous Blaise Pascal inventions. - Blaise Pascal – Philosopher, Mathematician, Theologian, Physicist …
Apr 2, 2014 – Explore the astonishing scientific and theological life of Blaise Pascal, 17th-century Renaissance man, on Biography.com.
Horse-Drawn Omnibus Service in France
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Abbot Suger
Suger’s family origins are unknown. Several times in his writings he suggests that his was a humble background, though this may just be a topos or convention of autobiographical writing. In 1091, at the age of ten, Suger was given as an oblate to the abbey of St. Denis, where he began his education. He trained at the priory of Saint-Denis de l’Estrée, and there first met the future king Louis VI of France. From 1104 to 1106, Suger attended another school, perhaps that attached to the abbey of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. In 1106 he became secretary to the abbot of Saint-Denis. In the following year he became provost of Berneval in Normandy, and in 1109 of Toury. In 1118, Louis VI sent Suger to the court of Pope Gelasius II at Maguelonne (at Montpellier, Gulf of Lyon), and he lived from 1121 to 1122 at the court of Gelasius’s successor, Calixtus II.
On his return from Maguelonne, Suger became abbot of St-Denis. Until 1127, he occupied himself at court mainly with the temporal affairs of the kingdom, while during the following decade he devoted himself to the reorganization and reform of St-Denis. In 1137, he accompanied the future king, Louis VII, into Aquitaine on the occasion of that prince’s marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, and during the Second Crusade served as one of the regents of the kingdom (1147–1149). He bitterly opposed the king’s divorce, having himself advised the marriage. Although he disapproved of the Second Crusade, he himself, at the time of his death, had started preaching a new crusade.
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Name(s):
Abbot Suger
Occupation:
Statesman, Historian
Birth:
1081, Chennevières-lès-Louvres, France
Death:
January 13, 1151, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
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Suger was a French abbot, statesman, and historian. He was one of the earliest patrons of Gothic architecture, and is widely credited with popularizing the style. - Suger | French abbot | Britannica.com
Suger, (born 1081, near Paris—died Jan. 13, 1151), French abbot and adviser to kings Louis VI and VII whose supervision of the rebuilding of … - Abbot Suger: Gothic Architecture & Stained Glass | Study.com
Abbot Suger is considered by many to be the father of Gothic Architecture. In this lesson, learn about Suger’s life, what Gothic Architecture is, and how it revolutionized Europe’s built landscape. … Suger’s renovations included classic Gothic elements, including pointed arches … - Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis | MetPublications | The Metropolitan …
Suger, abbot of the French abbey of Saint-Denis, lived from 1081 to 1151. This book of essays about his life and achievements grew out of a symposium … - Abbot Suger – Athena Review
Abbot Suger’s (1081-1151) autobiographical accounts, entitled Liber de De rebus in administratione sua gestis (“The book on what was done under his … - Abbot Suger, a Key Figure and the originator of Gothic art
Abbot Suger. This man, who was ‘small in physical and social stature, driven by his double smallness, refused, in his smallness, to be small’. This epitaph … - Light Upon Light: Abbot Suger and the Invention of Gothic …
Oct 3, 2012 – Book of Suger Abbot of St. Denis on What Was Done During his Administration is one of two works left by the Abbot about his building projects, … - AD Classics: Royal Basilica of Saint-Denis / Abbot Suger | ArchDaily
Dec 2, 2016 – In 1122 Suger became Abbot of Saint-Denis at a time when the abbey itself was badly in need of renovation. The wooden Basilica, having both …
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Large scale stained glass were used to create large windows in the choir and ambulatory sections of the Abbey of St-Denis in Paris, France during the rebuilding from 1137 to 1144. Continue reading
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Abbey of St-Denis Built in Gothic Style
Abbey of St-Denis in Paris, France was built in the Gothic style as founded by King Dagobert I in 7th Century and rebuilt by Abbot Suger in 1144. Continue reading