Charles Marie de La Condamine
1701 - 1774
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Charles-Marie La Condamine was a French mathematician and surveyor who took part in an expedition to South America to measure a degree of latitude.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Charles-Marie La Condamine (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1748 |
| Lunar features | Crater La Condamine |
| Paris street names | Rue La Condamine (17th Arrondissement) |
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- Académie Française; (in French)
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