- First name
- Pierre
- Last name
- Gassendi
- Date of Birth
- 1592.01.22
- Date of Death
- 1655.10.24
- Born in
- Champtercier
- Died in
- Paris
Pierre Gassendi was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. He held a church position in south-east France, but spent much time in Paris, as the leader of a group of free-thinking intellectuals. He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the first data on the transit of Mercury in 1631. See: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/gassendi/.