Jean-Louis Calandrini

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name = Jean-Louis Calandrini


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caption = Jean-Louis Calandrini (1703-1758). Portrait by the Geneva painter Robert Gardelle in 1760.
birth_date = August 30, 1703
birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland
death_date = December 29, 1758
death_place = Geneva, Switzerland
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field = Mathematics, philosophy, and physics
work_institutions = Academy of Geneva
alma_mater = Academy of Geneva
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Jean-Louis Calandrini (August 30, 1703—December 29, 1758) was a Swiss scientist. He was a professor of mathematics and philosophy. He was the author of some studies on the aurora borealis, comets, and the effects of lightning, as well as of an important but unpublished work on flat and spherical trigonometry. He also wrote a commentary on the "Principia" of Isaac Newton (published in Geneva, 1739–42), for which he wrote approximately one hundred footnotes.

The genus "Calandrinia" was named after him.

His father was a pastor, also named, Jean-Louis, and his mother was Michée Du Pan. He is the grand-nephew of Bénédict Calandrini. In 1729, he married Renée Lullin. At the Academy of Geneva, he obtained his thesis in physics (1722). In 1724, Calandrini was named math professor at the same time as Gabriel Cramer, but he first undertook a three year journey to France and England. He was appointed professor of philosophy from 1734 to 1750. He also played an active role on the political scene of Geneva.

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