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Born December 1, 1580 • France
Died June 24, 1637 (aged 56) • Aix-en-Provence • France
Subjects Of Study Orion Nebula

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Amici, Giovanni Battista
Giovanni Battista Amici
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British optician and astronomer
Eustachio Divini
Italian optician
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British optician
John Calvin
John Calvin
French theologian
François Rabelais
François Rabelais
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Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Pierre de Fermat
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Jacques Chirac
president of France
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon
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Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace
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Édouard Herriot
Édouard Herriot
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