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- Peiresc may refer to: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637), French astronomer, antiquary and savant 19226 Peiresc, an outer main-belt asteroid named...
- Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 – 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French...
- mythology as a distorted version of Christian truths. Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc saw the pagan religions of Africa of his day as relics that were in principle...
- ascribed the bones to one of Hannibal's elephants. The French scholar Peiresc also demonstrated that such bones belong to elephants. Theutobochus mentioned...
- precursor of Kepler and Newton. He sta**** in the Provence where he met Peiresc with whom he remained in contact throughout his life. The crater Vendelinus...
- of diplomats. He relied on his friendship with Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc to get information on political developments in France. Between 1627 and...
- (Tunisia), a key to the 'giant' controversy, from Saint Augustine (424) to Peiresc (1632)". Geological Society London Special Publications. 310 (1): 67–76...
- to be an H II region, was observed in 1610 by Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc by telescope, the first such object discovered. The regions may be of any...
- Ethiopic (Ge'ez) language translation there, and Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc bought a book that was claimed to be identical to the one quoted by the...
- made in 1620 for Peiresc, who had the Carolingian Codex Luxemburgensis on long-term loan, is clearly the most faithful. After Peiresc's death in 1637 the...