Jean-Louis Calandrini
Jean-Louis Calandrini (born August 30, 1703 in Geneva ; † December 29, 1758 ibid) was a Geneva physicist and mathematician. His father of the same name was a Reformed pastor and his mother was Michée Du Pan.
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Calandrini studied at the Academy in Geneva and received his doctorate in physics in 1722. He then went on a three-year cavalier tour and study trip through France and England. In 1724 he was at the same time and together with Gabriel Cramer mathematics professor at the academy in Geneva. From 1734 until 1750 he was professor of philosophy.
In 1750 he became a member of the Small Council in Geneva and in 1752 Seckelmeister . In 1757 he became a Syndic of Geneva, that is, a member of the executive branch. The Syndics oversaw defense, police, justice, hospitals, and finance, among other things. Four Syndics were elected by the Council of 200 for one year each.
He contributed significantly to the French translation of the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton , which was edited by Thomas Le Seur and François Jacquier from 1739 to 1742 and published in Geneva. This was a very important edition of the notoriously difficult to understand Principia, which it "translated" into the Leibniz calculus of analysis and explained. Hundreds of footnotes in the commentary come from him, some of which have the dimensions of entire chapters. To do this, he also carried out experiments. He has published works on the effects of lightning, northern lights and comets. He also wrote unpublished works on plane and spherical trigonometry, analysis, logic and infinite series.
He also contributed to the Bibliothèque Italique , a journal published by Huguenot scholars in Lausanne under the direction of Louis Bourget, which was published from 1728 to 1734 and was intended to make Italian science known in the rest of Europe.
He was a great-nephew of Bénédict Calandrini (1639-1720), who was professor of theology in Geneva. In 1729 he married Renée Lullin, daughter of Jacques Lullin.
Web links
- René Sigrist: Jean-Louis Calandrini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Lumières Lausanne
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Calandrini, Jean-Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss physicist and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1703 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1758 |
| Place of death | Geneva |