Tarde, Jean

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Tarde, Jean
Date of birth
1561
Date of death
1636
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 37038455
Wikidata: Q20806861
Library of congress: n 84219087
Sources of Information
  • Dioecesis Sarlatensis, vernacule le Dioecese de Sarlat, 1644:map recto (Ioannes Tardo)
  • His A la rencontre de Galilée, 1984:t.p. (Jean Tarde) p. 9 (b. 1561 or 2, Roque-Gageac) p. 11 (d. 1636)
  • Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, rev. ed., 2000 ; 08/07/2015:(Tarde [Tardo], Jean [Joannes], (1561-1636) ; mathematician, map editor)
  • LC data base 12-28-84(hdg.: Tarde, Jean)

Wikipedia description:

Jean Tarde (b. La Roque-Gageac 1561 or 1562, d. La Roque-Gageac 1636) was vicar general of Sarlat, famous for his chronicles of the diocese. He was a Frenchman and was an early adopter of Copernican theory. Tarde was born into a semi wealthy family in the bourgeois community in La Roque-Gageac, near Sarlat, France. When he was born this was part of Guyenne. He received his doctorate of law from the University of Cahors and then went on to the University of Paris to continue his studies. Throughout his younger adult life, he held a number of different religious positions such as canon theologian, and almoner where during his free time he studied various sciences including mathematics, astronomy, physics, and geography. He is most famous for his work with sunspots which he concluded were small satellites of the sun.

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