Joachim Bouvet (1656–1730)

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Biographical data

1656 224 Born in Le Mans
1673 224 Entered the Society of Jesus in Paris
1730 224 Died in Beijing

Education

224 Studied theology in Paris , Bourges

Career

1699 – 1730 61 Missionary in China
224 Occupied himself with astronomical observations in Beijing
224 Royal tutor of geometry, natural sciences in Beijing
Private teacher to the Chinese emperor Kangxi
224 Occupied himself with in Beijing
Set up a medical and chemistry lab

Relations

224 Correspondence between Bouvet and Leibniz

Alternate names

Mingyuan Po Jin

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Related subjects

Theology Astronomical observations Geometry Natural sciences

Relations

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Sources

61 Sommervogel, Carlos (Ed., Reprint 1960): Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus. Tome II.
224 Witek, J. W. (2001): “Bouvet, Joachim”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, pp. 512-513.

Recommended Citation

Joachim Bouvet (1656–1730). In: Jesuit Science Network, version 03/11/2018. URL: http://jsn.soohwalee.com/p/295/.