Charles Marie de La Condamine

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Charles_Marie_de_La_Condamine
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:explorer
gptkb:geologist
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:awardReceived Member of the Royal Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1701-01-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:deathDate 1774-02-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:education gptkb:Collège_Louis-le-Grand
gptkbp:expedition gptkb:French_Geodesic_Mission_to_Peru
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:explorer
gptkb:mathematics
geodesy
natural history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Marie de La Condamine
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:medicine
botany
cartography
scientific understanding of the Earth's shape
gptkbp:knownFor work on the shape of the Earth
measuring the length of a degree of latitude at the equator
early studies of quinine
expedition to Ecuador
introduction of rubber to Europe
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_du_voyage_fait_par_ordre_du_roi_à_l’équateur
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pierre_Bouguer
gptkb:Casiquiare_canal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6