Anthelme, Voituret

1. Dates

Born: Chatenay-Vaudin, France, ca. 1618

Died: Dijon, 14 Dec. 1683

Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain

Lifespan: 65

2. Father

Occupation: Unknown

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Chatenay-Vaudin, France

Career: France

Death: Dijon, France

4. Education

Schooling: No University

No information.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic

He was a Carthusian monk.

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Astronomy

Discovered the nova Variable R volpecula in 1672.

Publised Explication de la comete and other treatises.

7. Means of Support

Primary: Church Life

He was a Carthusian monk.

8. Patronage

Type: None

9. Technological Involvement

Type: None

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Correspondence with Edme Mariotte.

Sources

1. P. Humbert, "Don Anthelme...," Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences, 6 (1949) pp.303-311.
2. P.Humbert," Les Astronmers francais de 1610 a 1667," Société d'études scientifiques et archéologiques de Draguignan, Mémoires, 63 (1942), pp.1-72.

Not Available and Not Consulted

1. P.Delamare, "Mémoires" in Mémoires commencés en l'an 1682, II, p.73. This is a manuscript in Dijon.
2. There is just not a lot on Anthelme.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University