Frenicle de Bessy, Bernard

1. Dates

Born: France, 1605

Died: Frence, 1675

Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain

Lifespan: 70

2. Father

Occupation: No Information

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: France

Career: France

Death: France

4. Education

Schooling: No University

Perhaps better, no information.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic (assumed)

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Mathematics

Subordinate: Physics

7. Means of Support

Primary: Government

Held an official position as counselor at the Cour des Monnais.

Later a member of the Académie.

8. Patronage

Type: Court Official

1666, he was appointed to the Académie by Louis XIV. I assume this wasn't on his own initiative.

9. Technological Involvement

Types: None

10. Scientific Societies

Membership: Académie Royal des Sciences

1666, appointed to the Académie.

Corresponded with Descartes, Fermat, Huygens, and Mersenne.

Sources

1. Condorcet, Eloges des Académiciens de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. Mort depuis 1666, jusqu'en 1699 (Paris, 1773), 30- 35. [Q171.C746 1968]
2. St. Le Tourneur, "Frenicle (Bernard)," Dictionnaire de Biographie Francaise, 14 (Paris, 1979), col. 1204. [ref. CT1003.D55 v. 14] Note: Even the Eloge has sparse information about him; it is mostly about his work.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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