Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Baptiste du Hamel

French philosopher

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1624

Place of Birth: Vire, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1706

Profession: professor, physicist, mathematician, theologian, philosopher, anatomist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel, Duhamel or du Hamel (11 June 1624 – 6 August 1706) was a French cleric and natural philosopher of the late seventeenth century, and the first secretary of the Academie Royale des Sciences.
As its first secretary, he influenced the initial work of the Académie, but his legacy and influence on the Académie and the growth of science in France is mixed.