He was a tax official, lawyer, and a wealthy member of the petite noblesse, who also had an interest in science and mathematics.
In 1631, five years after his wife's death,[1] Pascal moved with his children to Paris.
They hired Louise Delfault, a maid who eventually became an instrumental member of the family.
Pascal, who never remarried, decided to home-educate his children, who showed extraordinary intellectual ability, particularly his son Blaise.
Pascal served on a scientific committee (whose members included Pierre Hérigone and Claude Mydorge) to determine whether Jean-Baptiste Morin's scheme for determining longitude from the Moon's motion was practical.