Ismael Boulliau
1605 - 1694
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Ismael Boulliau was a French clergyman and amateur mathematician who proposed an inverse square law for gravitation before Newton.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Ismael Boulliau (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1667 |
| Lunar features | Crater Bullialdus |
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