Marquise du Châtelet

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French aristocrat human mathematician philosopher physicist translator

The Marquise du Châtelet (Émilie du Châtelet) was an 18th-century French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher best known for her influential translation and commentary on Newton’s Principia and her intellectual partnership with Voltaire.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Émilie du Châtelet 22
Marquise du Châtelet canonical 4
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French aristocrat ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
surface form: Émilie, Marquise du Châtelet
awardReceived Prize of the Académie des Sciences de Paris (competition on the nature of fire, shared) ⓘ
birthName Marquise du Châtelet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1706-12-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1749-09-10 ⓘ
educatedAt home education by private tutors ⓘ
familyName Le Tonnelier de Breteuil ⓘ
fieldOfWork mathematics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Gabrielle ⓘ
Emilie ⓘ
surface form: Émilie
influenced French Enlightenment thinkers ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
influencedBy Christian Wolff ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement French Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment
notableIdea advocacy of vis viva (mv^2) as measure of force ⓘ
synthesis of Newtonian and Leibnizian physics ⓘ
notableWork Commentary on Newton's Principia ⓘ
Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu ⓘ
Institutions de Physique ⓘ
Translation of Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica into French ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
partner Voltaire ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lunéville ⓘ
residence Château de Cirey ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Florent-Claude du Châtelet ⓘ
title Marquise du Châtelet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Voltaire → associatedWith → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
Enlightenment science → hasKeyFigure → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Marquise du Châtelet → birthName → Marquise du Châtelet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
this entity surface form: Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Marquise du Châtelet → alsoKnownAs → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Marquise du Châtelet → alsoKnownAs → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
this entity surface form: Émilie, Marquise du Châtelet
Marquise du Châtelet → title → Marquise du Châtelet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Cirey, Kingdom of France → notableResident → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Cirey, Kingdom of France → hosted → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Cirey, Kingdom of France → ownedBy → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Cirey, Kingdom of France → residenceOf → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Cirey, Kingdom of France → category → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil → nobleFamilyOf → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil → hasMember → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Le Tonnelier de Breteuil → notableBearer → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Translation of Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica into French → translator → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Translation of Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica into French → commentaryAuthor → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Commentary on Newton's Principia → author → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Commentary on Newton's Principia → translator → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Commentary on Newton's Principia → associatedPerson → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Institutions de Physique → author → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu → author → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu → associatedWith → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Gabrielle → nobleTitle → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
subject surface form: Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet
this entity surface form: marquise du Châtelet
Gabrielle → hasNotableBearer → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
subject surface form: Gabrielle (given name)
this entity surface form: Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet
Florent-Claude du Châtelet → spouse → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Florent-Claude du Châtelet → notableRelative → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Château de Cirey → notableResident → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Château de Cirey → relatedPerson → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
Early modern philosophy → hasMajorFigure → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie Du Châtelet
Cirey-sur-Blaise → notableResident → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
subject surface form: Château de Cirey
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet
Cirey-sur-Blaise → historicallyAssociatedWith → Marquise du Châtelet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Émilie du Châtelet