Jean-Baptiste Morin, known by the Latinised name Morinus, born at Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Lyonnais on 23 February 1583 and dead on 6 November 1656, was a French mathematician, astrologer and astronomer. He began studying philosophy at Aix-en-Provence at sixteen, studied medicine at Avignon from 1611 and took his medical degree two years later, served the Bishop of Boulogne as an astrologer from 1613 to 1621 and then the Duke of Luxembourg until 1629, and worked with Pierre Gassendi on observational astronomy. In 1630 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the Collège Royal, a post he held until his death. A firm believer that the Earth stays fixed in space, he is best known as an opponent of Galileo, and he also attacked Descartes's ideas after meeting him in 1638. He believed that improved methods of solving spherical triangles and better lunar tables were needed.
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Morin (February 23, 1583 – November 6, 1656), also known by the Latinized name as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. == Life and work == Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the Lyonnais, he began studying philosophy
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Morin (February 23, 1583, November 6, 1656), also known by the Latinized name as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. == Life and work == Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the Lyonnais, he began studying philosophy
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Morin (February 23, 1583, November 6, 1656), also known by the Latinized name as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. == Life and work == Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the Lyonnais, he began studying philosophy
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astrologer, and astronomer. == Life and work == Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the Lyonnais, he began studying philosophy at Aix-en-Provence at the age of
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Morin (February 23, 1583, November 6, 1656), also known by the Latinized name as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. == Life and work == Born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, in the Lyonnais, he began studying philosophy at
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