Pierre Michon Bourdelot (2 February 1610 in

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– 9 February 1685) was a French physician,

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and

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Life

Bourdelot studied at the

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(1629) and travelled in 1634 to Rome in the company of count

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. In 1638 he came back to France and was appointed as the private doctor of the Condé family. In 1640 he founded the Académie Bourdelot, a circle for scientists, philosophers and authors, that came together twice a month. When his uncle died, he inherited a lot of books and manuscripts. When

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, because of actions during the

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against Absolutism, was captured by Mazarin, he took off; in 1652 he was in Stockholm. Bourdelot took many manuscripts with him as a present. He had a lot of influence on her with his jokes and poems by

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. Within four weeks she seems to have been recovered and enjoying life. Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie and Christina's mother

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were shocked by his behavior and Bourdelot returned to France in 1653 with many presents.

Works (selection)

* 1671: (C. Barbin, Paris). * 1672: (T. Moette, Paris) * 1715: … (Paris, 1715); published by his nephews."Bourdelot, Pierre Michon." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. Retrieved October 16, 2011 from Encyclopedia.com
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References

Literature

* Robert Mortimer Gascoigne (1987). ''A Chronology of the History of Science, 1450–1900'', Garland (New York) : xi + 585 p. . * Katia Béguin, "L’académie du Grand Condé". In: ''Actes du Coll. Règlement, usage et science dans la France de l’absolutisme'' (1999), éd. Tec et Doc, Paris. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bourdelot, Pierre 17th-century French physicians 1610 births 1685 deaths University of Paris alumni Court of Christina, Queen of Sweden