Alexis Claude Clairaut
1713 - 1765
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Alexis Clairaut was a French mathematician who worked to confirm the Newton-Huygens belief that the Earth was flattened at the poles.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Alexis Clairaut (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1737 |
| Lunar features | Crater Clairaut |
| Paris street names | Rue Clairaut (17th Arrondissement) |
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