Jean Picard
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 343 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 21,1620 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | La Fleche |
| France | |
| Date of died | July 12,1682 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Notable work | Mesure de la Terre |
| Education | Prytanée National Militaire De La Flèche |
| Notabl work | Mesure de la Terre |
| Nationality | French |
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| ID | 1545585 |
Jean Picard Life story
Jean Picard was a French astronomer and priest born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand. He is principally notable for his accurate measure of the size of the Earth, based on a careful survey of one degree of latitude along the Paris Meridian.
