René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was an 18th-century French scientist and inventor renowned for his work in physics, natural history, and for devising the Réaumur temperature scale.

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instanceOf entomologist
human
inventor
metallurgist
naturalist
physicist
scientist
birthCountry France
birthDate 1683-02-28
birthPlace La Rochelle NERFINISHED
citizenship France
countryOfActivity France NERFINISHED
deathCountry France
deathDate 1757-10-17
deathPlace Saint-Julien-du-Terroux NERFINISHED
developed Réaumur temperature scale NERFINISHED
educatedAt Collège de Beauvais NERFINISHED
University of Poitiers NERFINISHED
era 18th century
familyName Ferchault de Réaumur NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork entomology
metallurgy
natural history
physics
temperature measurement
gender male
givenName René NERFINISHED
hasNameInNativeLanguage René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur NERFINISHED
influenced later entomologists
inspired subsequent temperature scales
knownFor Réaumur temperature scale NERFINISHED
research on steel and iron
studies of insects
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
notableWork Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des insectes NERFINISHED
occupation academic
researcher
patronage supported by the French crown
positionHeld director of the French Academy of Sciences
proposed 0 degrees Réaumur as freezing point of water
80 degrees Réaumur as boiling point of water
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Paris
studied insect metamorphosis
production of steel
social behavior of insects
thermometry

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Reaumuria namedAfter René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur