Billy, Jacques de

1. Dates

Born: Compiègne, France, 1602

Died: France, 1679

Dateinfo: Dates Certain

Lifespan: 77

2. Father

Occupation: No Information

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Compieègne, France

Career: France

Death: France

4. Education

Schooling: Religous Order, D.D.

After finishing humanistic studies, entered Jesuit order, then studied theology. I accept the equivalent of B.A. As an ordained Jesuit who took all four vows, he would have completed a doctorate in theology.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic, Jesuit

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Mathematics, Astronomy

7. Means of Support

Primary: Ecclesiastical Position

Secondary: Schoolmaster

1629-30, taught mathematics at Jesuit college at Pont à Mousson while a theology student.

1631-33, taught mathematics at Jesuit college at Rheims. According to Humbert he taught also in the Jesuit college at Grenoble and was rector of Chalons, Langres, and Sens.

Master of studies and professor of theology at the College de Dijon, taught mathematics privately.

1665-68, Professor of Mathematics, College de Dijon.

8. Patronage

Type: Court Official

He dedicated his Tabulae lodoicae, 1656, (note the name) to Louis XIV.

9. Technological Involvement

Types: None

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Connections: Taught Jacques Ozanam, Claude Gasper Bachet de Meziriac; corresponded with Fermat and Bachet.

Sources

1. J.P. Niceron, Mémoires pour servir à a l'histoire des hommes illustres. . ., 40, 232-244.
2. P.Humbert," Les Astronmers francais de 1610 à 1667," Société d'études scientifiques et archeéologiques de Draguignan, Mémoires, 63 (1942), pp.1-72.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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