Nicolas Guisnée Explained

Nicolas Guisnée (died 2 September 1718) was a French mathematician.

Life

He studied mathematics with Nicolas Malebranche and was a protégé of Guillaume de l'Hôpital.

Engineer of the king, he was a royal professor of mathematics at the college of maître Gervais. François Nicole, Pierre Rémond de Montmort, Émilie du Châtelet and Pierre Louis Maupertuis are some of his students.^[1]

He was named "associé géomètre" at the Royal Academy of Sciences on 15 January 1707.^[2] He died in Paris.

Works

• Book: Guisnée , Nicolas . Gabriel-François Quillau. fr. Application de l'algebre a la geometrie. Paris. 1733.

References

1. Web site: Frauke Böttcher, Das mathematische und naturphilosophische Lernen und Arbeiten der Marquise du Châtelet (1706–1749).
2. Web site: Institut de France Académie des sciences. Les membres du passé dont le nom commence par G.