LC control no. | nr 97031256 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Le Roy, Pierre, 1717-1785 |
Variant(s) | Roy, Pierre le, 1717-1785 Leroy, M. (Pierre), 1717-1785 |
Associated country | France |
Birth date | 1717 |
Death date | 1785 |
Place of birth | Paris (France) |
Field of activity | Clocks and watches Nautical instruments Longitude--Measurement |
Profession or occupation | Clock and watch makers Inventors |
Special note | Data provided by ESTC/BL |
Found in | His Lettre à Monsieur le baron de Marivets, contenant diverses recherches sur la nature, les propriétés & la propagation de la lumière, 1785: t.p. (M. Leroy) British Museum web site, viewed 25 February 2022: britishmuseum.org (Pierre Le Roy, watch and clock maker born in Paris 1717, succeeded his father, Julien Le Roy, as clockmaker to the king; performed and published research on temperature compensation, marine chronometry; died 1785 near Paris) Hyamson, A. A dictionary of universal biography, 1951: (Le Roy, Pierre: Fr. horologist, 1717-1785) |
Associated language | fre |