Astronomer (1-Dec-1580 — 24-Jun-1637)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Pierre Gassendi. Translated by W. Rand. The Mirrour of True Nobility and Gentility, Being the Life of the Renowned Nicolas Peiresc. 1657.

Peter N. Miller. Peiresc's Europe: Learning and Virtue in the Seventeenth Century. London: Yale University Press. 2000. 234pp.

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Wikipedia [link]

4. Who's Who in Europe, 1450-1750 (p.233)

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