ADRIEN MARIE LEGENDRE
\ˈadɹi͡ən mɐɹˈiː lˈɛd͡ʒəndə], \ˈadɹiən mɐɹˈiː lˈɛdʒəndə], \ˈa_d_ɹ_iə_n m_ɐ_ɹ_ˈiː l_ˈɛ_dʒ_ə_n_d_ə]\
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An eminent French mathematician; born in Paris, Sept. 18, 1752; died Jan. 10, 1833. At 22 he was professor of mathematics in the Military School at Paris, and in 1783 was elected member of the Academy. He was one of a commission of three in 1787 to measure a degree of latitude between Dunkirk and Boulogne,-the basis of the metric system; afterward he held high and honorable posts under the government; and in 1824 was Inspector of the Higher Education. From this office he was dismissed in disgrace because he refused, as member of the Academy, to vote for the admission of government nominees. He died in great poverty. His principal works are: "Elements of Geometry" (1794); "Theory of Numbers" (1798); "Treatise on Euler's Elliptical and Integral Functions" (3 vols., 1826-29).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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