LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Maupertuis, 1698-1759 LBT ID: PiMaupe1759 VIAF ID: 95152459 LOC ID: n81043717 | B/BAP: 1698-07-17 DIED: 1759-07-27 |
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French philosopher who embraced Newtonianism in Discours sur les
différentes figures des astres (1732). In 1745 he was hired by Frederick the Great
to organize a Prussian academy. | |
