Pierre Louis Maupertuis

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:advisorTo gptkb:Frederick_the_Great
gptkbp:birthDate 1698-07-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Saint-Malo,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Basel,_Switzerland
gptkbp:controversy priority dispute with Samuel König
quarrel with Voltaire
gptkbp:correspondedWith gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
gptkb:Samuel_König
gptkb:Voltaire
gptkbp:deathDate 1759-07-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Basel,_Switzerland
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Paris
gptkbp:expedition gptkb:Lapland_expedition_(1736–1737)
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:philosophy
physics
gptkbp:honor Maupertuis (Martian crater) named after him
Maupertuis (lunar crater) named after him
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
gptkb:Jean_le_Rond_d'Alembert
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:expedition_to_Lapland
principle of least action
flattening of the Earth at the poles
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Discours_sur_la_figure_des_astres
gptkb:Essai_de_cosmologie
gptkb:Vénus_physique
Lettres
gptkbp:president gptkb:Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:Paris
Basel
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eleonore_Borck
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Émilie_du_Châtelet
gptkb:Principle_of_least_action
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pierre Louis Maupertuis