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Borda, Jean-Charles de, 1733-1799 (Personal Name)

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Preferred form: Borda, Jean-Charles de, 1733-1799
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  • De Borda, Jean-Charles, 1733-1799
  • Borda, chevalier, 1733-1799

Old catalog heading: Borda, Jean Charles de, 1733-1799

Jean-Charles de Borda (1733-1799), c2006.

LC database, May 25, 2007 (hdg.: Borda, Jean Charles de, 1733-1799; usage: cher. de Borda, ch. de Borda, chever. de Borda, le chevalier de Borda)

Britannica online, May 25, 2007 (Jean-Charles de Borda; b. May 4, 1733, Dax, France; d. Feb. 20, 1799, Paris; French mathematician and nautical astronomer noted for his studies of fluid mechanics and his development of instruments for navigation and geodesy, the study of the size and shape of the Earth)

Wikipedia, May 25, 2007 (Jean-Charles Chevalier de Borda; b. May 4, 1733; d. Feb. 19, 1799; was a French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor)