Jean-Charles della Faille, in Dutch Jan-Karel della Faille and in Spanish Juan Carlos della Faille, born in Antwerp on 1 March 1597 and dead in Barcelona on 4 November 1652, was a Flemish Jesuit priest from Brabant and a mathematician of repute. Educated at the Jesuit school founded by François d'Aguilon, he joined the Jesuit order in 1613, studied at a Jesuit college in Mechelen for two years and returned to Antwerp, where as one of the best mathematics students of Grégoire de Saint-Vincent he also became his disciple. He was ordained on 10 April 1621, taught mathematics at Dole and at the Jesuit scholasticate of Louvain, and was then appointed to the Imperial College in Madrid, where he advised Philip IV on military questions, especially fortifications. His most famous book, Theoremata de centro gravitatis partium circuli et ellipsis of 1632, determined for the first time the centre of gravity of the sector of a circle.
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Juan Carlos della Faille), born in Antwerp, 1 March 1597 and died in Barcelona, 4 November 1652, was a Flemish Jesuit priest from Brabant, and a mathematician of repute. == Biography == Jean-Charles della Faille was born in Antwerp, part of the Spanish
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Juan Carlos della Faille), born in Antwerp, 1 March 1597 and died in Barcelona, 4 November 1652, was a Flemish Jesuit priest from Brabant, and a mathematician of repute. == Biography == Jean-Charles della Faille was born in Antwerp, part of the Spanish
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della Faille (Dutch: Jan-Karel della Faille, Spanish: Juan Carlos della Faille), born in Antwerp, 1 March 1597 and died in Barcelona, 4 November 1652, was a Flemish Jesuit priest from Brabant, and a mathematician of repute. == Biography == Jean-Charles
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He was educated at the Jesuit school founded by François d'Aguilon, and joined the Jesuit order in 1613.
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1 March 1597 and died in Barcelona, 4 November 1652, was a Flemish Jesuit priest from Brabant, and a mathematician of repute. == Biography == Jean-Charles della Faille was born in Antwerp, part of the Spanish Empire at that
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Afterwards, he came back to Antwerp where, as one of the best Mathematics' students of Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, he became also his disciple.
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