Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710) was a French Jesuit who led a mission to China in 1687. Jean de Fontaney had been a teacher of mathematics and astronomy...
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who participated in the 1687 French Jesuit mission to China under Jean de Fontaney. He arrived in China on 7 February 1688. He returned to France in 1691...
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Gottfried Kirch. A French Jesuit scientific mission led by Jean de Fontaney arrives in China. Simon de la Loubère introduces the Siamese method for constructing...
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the embassy of the Chevalier de Chaumont to Siam, and was accompanied by a group of Jesuit mathematicians (Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710), Joachim Bouvet...
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Prytanée national militaire (redirect from Prytanée de La Flèche)
the five Jesuits sent by Louis XIV to China were from the Collège: Jean de Fontaney, the Superior of the mission, who had been a professor of mathematics...
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barometer. January 4 (NS) – Isaac Newton, English physicist (died 1727) Jean de Fontaney, French Jesuit mathematician and astronomer (died 1710) Pierre Dionis...
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(born 1639) September 23 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (born 1644) Jean de Fontaney, French Jesuit mathematician and astronomer (born 1643) "Edmond Halley...
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of the Kangxi Emperor in 1685: Jean de Fontaney, Joachim Bouvet, Jean-François Gerbillon, Louis Le Comte, and Claude de Visdelou. Louis also received a...
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missionaries to China, sent by Louis XIV of France, under Superior Jean de Fontaney. Before setting out for their destination, he and his associates were...
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predominance: Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710), Joachim Bouvet (1656–1730), Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707), Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) and Claude de Visdelou...
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Superior Jean de Fontaney, on a first French embassy to Siam led by Chevalier de Chaumont and François-Timoléon de Choisy, and accompanied by Claude de Forbin...
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Kangxi. Jean de Fontaney, missionary mathematician in China. Georges Fournier, geographer, hydrographer and mathematician. Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix...
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scientists, Joachim Bouvet, Jean-François Gerbillon, Louis-Daniel Lecomte, Guy Tachard, Claude de Visdelou and the leader, Jean de Fontaney, arrive in Beijing...
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sympathetic to the Americans during the American Revolutionary War Jean de Fontaney, missionary to China Balthazar Francolini, attritionist professor at...
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were: Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710), Joachim Bouvet (1656–1730), Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707), Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) and Claude de Visdelou...
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predominance: Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710), Joachim Bouvet (1656–1730), Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707), Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) and Claude de Visdelou...
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six French Jesuits to China. Jean de Fontaney, who headed the mission, chose Guy Tachard, Joachim Bouvet, and Claude de Visdelou. Louis XIV had appointed...
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mathematicians (Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710), Joachim Bouvet (1656–1730), Jean-François Gerbillon (1654–1707), Louis Le Comte (1655–1728) and Claude de Visdelou...
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scientists, Joachim Bouvet, Jean-François Gerbillon, Louis-Daniel Lecomte, Guy Tachard, Claude de Visdelou and the leader, Jean de Fontaney, arrive in Beijing...
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facilities in Saint-Maixent, Saint-Jean-d'Angély, and Fontaney." — André Sanson, Économie du bétail: Applications de la zootechnie The draining of the...
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