La Faille

Charles de La Faille

Born: 1 March 1597 in Antwerp, Belgium
Died: 4 Nov 1652 in Barcelona, Spain

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La Faille was a disciple of Saint-Vincent, who he met in Antwerp. He taught at Louvain and Madrid. He made expeditions to Naples, Sicily and Catalonia.

La Faille is famed for a work in 1632 in which he was the first to determine the centre of gravity of the sector of a circle.

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References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. H P van der Speeten, Le R P Jean Charles della Faille, de la Compagnie de Jésus, Collection de Précis Historique 3 (1874), 77-83, 111-117, 132-142, 191-201, 213-219, 241-246. 
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