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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier

1664 - 1753

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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (also spelled Faccio or Facio; 16 February 1664 – 10 May 1753) was a mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor, and religious campaigner. Born in Basel, Switzerland, Fatio mostly grew up in the then-independent Republic of Geneva, of which he was a citizen, before spending much of his adult life in England and Holland. Fatio is known for his collaboration with Giovanni Domenico Cassini on the correct explanation of the astronomical phenomenon of zodiacal light, for inventing the "push" or "shadow" theory of gravitation, for his close association with both Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton, and for his role in the Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy. He also invented and developed the first method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Fatio de Duillier is the 441st most popular astronomer (down from 377th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 448th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swiss Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier ranks 441 out of 644. Before him are Horace W. Babcock, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Otto August Rosenberger, Robert Julius Trumpler, and Ralph Copeland. After him are Ernest Leonard Johnson, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Willem Jacob Luyten, Lipót Schulhof, Schelte J. Bus, and Paul W. Merrill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1664, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier ranks 17. Before him are Arvid Horn, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Alvise Pisani, János Pálffy, Torii Kiyonobu I, and Margherita Maria Farnese. After him is Marfa Apraksina. Among people deceased in 1753, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier ranks 11. Before him are Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and Johann Nicolaus Bach. After him is Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier ranks 475 out of 1,015. Before him are Konrad Stäheli (1931), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Pierre Cérésole (1879), Robert Julius Trumpler (1886), Johannes Baumann (1874), and Karl Ludwig von Haller (1768). After him are Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963), Théodore Flournoy (1854), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), Bernard Fellay (1958), Adolf Meyer (1866), and Émil Goeldi (1859).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Switzerland

Among astronomers born in Switzerland, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier ranks 9. Before him are Didier Queloz (1966), Paul Wild (1925), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Robert Emden (1862), and Robert Julius Trumpler (1886).

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