Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)

Antoine Deparcieux

French mathematician

Antoine Deparcieux was a French mathematician. He was born at Clessous in the Portes, department of Gard. He attended the school of Saint Florent for 10 years while working on his family farm. In 1725, his desire for learning took him to Lyon, where he studied at a Jesuit school…