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      <p class="heading">Le Poivre, Jacques-François
      
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<DT><B>1. Dates</B>
	<DD><I>Born:</I>   fl   
	<DD><I>Died:</I>  
	<DD><I>Dateinfo:</I> Dates Certain
	<DD><I>Lifespan:</I> 

<DT><B>2. Father</B>
	<DD><I>Occupation:</I>  No Information
	<DD>No information on financial status.

<DT><B>3. Nationality</B>
	<DD><I>Birth:</I> French
	<DD><I>Career:</I> French
	<DD><I>Death:</I> French

<DT><B>4. Education</B>
	<DD><I>Schooling:</I> No University
	<DD>He is known by his Traité, a short treatise.  According to the review of this work in the Journal des sciences, he lived in Mons and worked on the treatise for three years; nothing more is known about him.

<DT><B>5. Religion</B>
	<DD><I>Affiliation:</I> Catholic (by assumption)

<DT><B>6. Scientific Disciplines</B>
	<DD><I>Primary:</I>  Mathematics
	<DD>He is known by his short treatise, Traité des sections du cylindre et du cone considerées dans le solide et dans le plan, avec les demonstrations simples & nouvelles (Paris, 1704).

<DT><B>7. Means of Support</B>
	<DD><I>Primary:</I>  Unknown

<DT><B>8. Patronage</B>
	<DD><I>Type:</I>  None

<DT><B>9. Technological Involvement</B>
	<DD><I>Types:</I>  None

<DT><B>10. Scientific Societies</B>
   <DD><I>Memberships:</I> None

<DT><B>Sources</B>
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	<LI>The entry for Le Poivre in the Nouvelle biographie générale, 30, (Paris, 1862), 852.     CT 143.H6 RF There is just not any information about Le Poivre.</OL>



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<DT><I>Compiled by:</I>
	<DD>Richard S. Westfall
	<DD>Department of History and Philosophy of Science
	<DD>Indiana University
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