Buot, Jacques

1. Dates

Born: unknown Probably France, 1675

Died: fb

Dateinfo: Dates Certain

Lifespan:

2. Father

Occupation: No Information

On financial status: no information.

3. Nationality

Birth: France (assumed)

Career: France

Death: France (assumed)

4. Education

Schooling: No University

i.e., unknown.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic (assumed)

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Astronomy, Physics, Geometry

7. Means of Support

Primary: Patronage, Governmental Position

Condorcet describes him as "ingenieur du Roi, & Professeur du Mathematiques des Pages de la grande écurie."

From 1666, received an annual salary from the Académie of 1200 livres [E. Maindrou, L'Academie des Sciences (Paris, 1888), p. 121]

8. Patronage

Types: Court Official, Government Official

Buot dedicated his Usage de la roue de proportion, 1647, to Chancellor Seguier.

9. Technological Involvement

Type: Instruments

Invented an astronomical instrument, the équerre azimutale.

10. Scientific Societies

Membership: Académie Royal des Sciences

Original member of the Académie des Sciences, evidently appointed as an astronomer, see 6b.

Sources

1. Condorcet, Eloges des Acadmiens de l'Academie royal des sciences, morts depuis 1666 jusqu'en 1699 (Paris, 1773), p. 157.
2. Jean Mesnard, "Le mécénat scientifique avant l'Académie des sciences," in L'âge d'or du mécénat. Roland Mousnier and Jean Mesnard, eds. (Paris, 1985), pp. 107-17, esp. p. 115.
3. Note: A very obscure figure.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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