Pierre Bouguer
1698 - 1758
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Pierre Bouguer was a French surveyor who took part in an expedition to South America to calculate the size of a degree of latitude.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Pierre Bouguer (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1750 |
| Lunar features | Crater Bouguer |
| Planetary features | Crater Bouguer on Mars |
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