Pierre de Carcavi

Pierre de Carcavi was born in about 1603, in Lyon, France and died in Paris in April 1684.

He was a secretary of the National Library of France under Louis XIV.

Carcavi was a French mathematician.

[1] Carcavi is known for his correspondence with Pierre de Fermat, Blaise Pascal, Christiaan Huygens, Galileo Galilei, Marin Mersenne, Evangelista Torricelli and René Descartes.

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Engraving of Pierre de Carcavy's portrait, a Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Harris