Pierre Lemonnier (physicist)

Pierre Lemonnier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ləmɔnje]; aka Petro Lemonnier; 28 June 1675 in Saint-Sever – 27 November 1757 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French astronomer, a professor of Physics and Philosophy at the Collège d'Harcourt (University of Paris), and a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

[1][2][3] Lemonnier published the 6-volume Latin university textbook Cursus philosophicus ad scholarum usum accommodatus (Paris, 1750/1754) which consisted of the following volumes (generally consistent with the Ratio Studiorum): He was also the father of Pierre Charles Le Monnier and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier.