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Name
  
Louis Bourguet

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Died
  
1742, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Louis Bourguet (23 April 1678, Nimes – 31 December 1742, Neuchatel) was a polymath and correspondent of Leibniz who wrote on archaeology, geology, philosophy, Biblical scholarship and mathematics.

Bourguet entered the College of Zurich in 1688. He became Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Neuchatel in 1731. He tried to integrate Leibnizian philosophy with issues in natural philosophy.

Works

  • Lettres philosophiques sur la formation des sels et des crystaux, Amsterdam, 1729
  • Traite des petrifications, 1742
  • References

    Louis Bourguet Wikipedia