Jean Du Breuil, also written Jean Dubreuil, was a French mathematician, music theorist, writer and essayist, born on 22 July 1602 and dead on 27 April 1670. The son of the bookseller Claude Du Breuil, he followed his father's trade until he joined the Society of Jesus, and lived for a long time in Rome, where he studied architecture. He is known for his work on the theory and practice of perspective: Diverses methodes universelles et nouvelles pour faire des perspectives of 1642, followed by La perspective practique between 1642 and 1649, and he also wrote L'Art universel des fortifications. In 1642 he published Advis charitables on the various works and loose sheets of Girard Desargues.
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Jean Dubreuil, also known as Jean Du Breuil (22 July 1602 – 27 April 1670), was a French mathematician, music theorist, writer and essayist.
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Jean Dubreuil, also known as Jean Du Breuil (22 July 1602-27 April 1670), was a French mathematician, music theorist, writer and essayist.
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Jean Dubreuil, also known as Jean Du Breuil (22 July 1602-27 April 1670), was a French mathematician, music theorist, writer and essayist.
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Son of the bookseller Claude Du Breuil, he continued his father's profession until he joined the Society of Jesus.
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He is known for his work about the theory and practice of perspective.
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