Gilles de Roberval

Gilles de Roberval
Portrait of Gilles Personne de Roberval (1602-1675) at the inauguration of the French Academy of Sciences, 1666, where he was a founding member.
Born(1602-08-10)August 10, 1602
Roberval near Beauvais, France
DiedOctober 27, 1675(1675-10-27) (aged 73)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forRoberval Balance
Coining the term 'trochoid'
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsGervais College, Paris
Royal College of France
Academic advisorsÉtienne Pascal
Marin Mersenne
Notable studentsFrançois du Verdus
Isaac Barrow

Gilles Personne de Roberval (August 10, 1602 – October 27, 1675), French mathematician, was born at Roberval near Beauvais, France. His name was originally Gilles Personne or Gilles Personier, with Roberval the place of his birth.[1]

  1. ^ Walker, Helen M (1936). "An Unpublished Hydraulic Experiment of Roberval, 1668". Osiris. 1: 726. doi:10.1086/368451. S2CID 145477013.

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