Simon de la Loubère, French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (died 1729)

Simon de la Loubère

French diplomat, writer, mathematician and poet

Simon de la Loubère was a French diplomat to Siam (Thailand), writer, mathematician and poet. He is credited with bringing back a document which introduced Europe to Indian astronomy, the "Siamese method" of making magic squares, as well as one of the earliest descriptions of…