Guy Tachard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Guy Tachard

French mathematician

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1651

Place of Birth: Marthon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1712

Profession: mathematician, diplomat, Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Guy Tachard (1651–1712), also known as Père Tachard, was a French Jesuit missionary and mathematician of the 17th century, who was sent on two occasions to the Kingdom of Siam by Louis XIV.
He was born in Marthon, near Angoulême. In 1680, Tachard went to the Caribbean (Antilles) with Jean II d'Estrées. Tachard was involved in embassies to Siam, which came as responses to embassies sent by the Siamese King Narai to France in order to obtain an alliance against the Dutch.