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About Patrick d'Arcy
Patrick d'Arcy was an Irish mathematician born at Kiltullagh House, near Kiltullagh, County Galway in the west of Ireland. His family, who were Catholics, suffered under the penal laws. In 1739, d'Arcy was sent abroad by his parents to an uncle in Paris. He was tutored in mathematics by Jean-Baptiste Clairaut, and became a friend of Jean-Baptiste's son, Alexis-Claude Clairaut,, who was a brilliant young mathematician.
Everything about Patrick d'Arcy →- Occupation
- physicist, mathematician
- Position held
- director
- Citizenship
- France, Kingdom of Ireland
- Born
- May 27, 1725, September 27, 1725
- Died
- October 18, 1779