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.

Aliases (3)

Émilie du Châtelet ×52
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil ×1
Émilie, Marquise du Châtelet ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French aristocrat → human → mathematician → philosopher → physicist → translator →
alsoKnownAs	Marquise du Châtelet → Émilie, Marquise du Châtelet →
awardReceived	Prize of the Académie des Sciences de Paris (competition on the nature of fire, shared) →
birthName	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 → Émilie →
influenced	French Enlightenment thinkers → Voltaire →
influencedBy	Christian Wolff → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Isaac Newton →
languageOfWorkOrName	French →
movement	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 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Émilie du Châtelet → Émilie du Châtelet ("Émilie, Marquise du Châtelet") →	alsoKnownAs
Voltaire →	associatedWith
Émilie du Châtelet ("Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil") →	birthName
Cirey, Kingdom of France ("Émilie du Châtelet") →	category
Enlightenment science ("Émilie du Châtelet") →	hasKeyFigure
Cirey, Kingdom of France ("Émilie du Châtelet") →	hosted
Cirey, Kingdom of France ("Émilie du Châtelet") →	notableResident
Cirey, Kingdom of France ("Émilie du Châtelet") →	ownedBy
Cirey, Kingdom of France ("Émilie du Châtelet") →	residenceOf
Émilie du Châtelet →	title