Le Tenneur

Jacques Alexandre Le Tenneur

Born: 1610 in Paris, France
Died: 1660

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Little is known of Le Tenneur (even the dates given for his birth and death are uncertain) except that he was a friend of Mersenne and that he corresponded with Gassendi.

His most important work was published in 1649 where he showed that he understood Galileo's arguments for free falling objects while Fabri and others did not.

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References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. H Brown, Scientific Organisation in 17th Century France (New York, 1967), 54-56. 
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