Guillaume Mazeas

Father Guillaume Mazeas (French: Abbé Guillaume Mazéas; 2 August 1720 – 13 September 1775) was a translator of English scientific works into French, a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society.[1] He was canon of the cathedral of Vannes, France.[1][2] He corresponded with Stephen Hales on scientific matters, including his experiences with the lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin.[1][3] His investigations of red dyeing in the East Indies and their improvement in France were of significant industrial value.[2][4]

Father

Guillaume Mazeas
Born(1720-08-02)2 August 1720
Vannes
Died13 September 1775(1775-09-13) (aged 55)
Vannes
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics, chemistry, geology
PatronsAdrien Maurice de Noailles

References
  1. "Founders Online: Guillaume Mazéas to Stephen Hales, 20 May 1752". Founders Online. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "Mazeas". Zeno.org (in German). 15 April 2001. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. "XCI. Letters of the Abbé Mazeas, F.R.S. to the Rev. Stephen Hales, D.D., F.R.S. concerning the success of the late experiments in France. Translated from the French by James Parsons, M.D. F.R.S.". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. The Royal Society. 47: 534–552. 1752. doi:10.1098/rstl.1751.0092. ISSN 0261-0523. S2CID 186210049.
  4. Lowengard, Sarah (24 December 1999). "The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe". Gutenberg-e Home. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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