Claude Delisle
Claude Delisle | |
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| Born | 5 November 1644 |
| Died | 2 May 1720 (aged 75) |
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| Fields | Geography Cartography |
Claude Delisle (1644–1720; the name also appears as de l'Isle) was a French Geographer, cartographer and historian.
Biography
[edit]Born in Vaucouleurs.[1] on November 5 1644 from a physician father, he studied law at Pont-à-Mousson, became a lawyer before settling in Paris in 1674 and becoming a geography and history professor, later obtaining the post of Royal Censor. One of his students was Henri François d'Aguesseau, future Chancellor of France
His main work was a universal history in 7 volumes published posthumously in 1731.[2] He also authored a historical description of Siam[3]
Delisle had eleven sons. Amongst them figure:
- Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726), geographer and cartographer
- Simon-Claude Delisle (1676-1726), historian who continued the works of his father
- Louis de l'Isle de la Croyère (1687-1741), astronomer and explorer
- Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688-1768), astronomer, inventor of the Delisle scale
References
[edit]- ^ Claude Delisle sur Imago Mundi
- ^ Claude Delisle (1731). Abrégé de l'histoire universelle. Paris: A. Lancelot.
- ^ Claude Delisle (1684). Relation historique du royaume de Siam. Paris: G. de Luyne.
