Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Abraham de Moivre across 8 places, from 1667 to 1695.
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Abraham de Moivre (26 May 1667 to 27 November 1754) was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and probability theory.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Abraham de Moivre was documented, and when
26 May 1667exact date
Vitry-le-Françoisattested“Abraham de Moivre was born in Vitry-le-François in Champagne on 26 May 1667.”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
26 May 1667exact date
Champagne (province)attested“Abraham de Moivre was born in Vitry-le-François in Champagne on 26 May 1667.”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
1682year
Sedan, Ardennesattested“In 1682 the Protestant Academy at Sedan was suppressed, and de Moivre enrolled to study logic at Saumur for two years.”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
1682year
Saumurattested“In 1682 the Protestant Academy at Sedan was suppressed, and de Moivre enrolled to study logic at Saumur for two years.”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
1684year
Parisattested“In 1684, de Moivre moved to Paris to study physics, and for the first time had formal mathematics training with private lessons from Jacques Ozanam.”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
28 August 1687exact date
Londonattested“It is unclear when de Moivre left the Prieuré de Saint-Martin and moved to England, since the records of the Prieuré de Saint-Martin indicate that he left the school in 1688, but de Moivre and his brother presented themselves as Huguenot…”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
28 August 1687exact date
Englandattested“It is unclear when de Moivre left the Prieuré de Saint-Martin and moved to England, since the records of the Prieuré de Saint-Martin indicate that he left the school in 1688, but de Moivre and his brother presented themselves as Huguenot…”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
1695year
Royal Societyattested“In 1695, Halley communicated de Moivre's first mathematics paper, which arose from his study of fluxions in the Principia Mathematica, to the Royal Society.”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
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Francementioned“Religious persecution in France became severe when King Louis XIV issued the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, which revoked the Edict of Nantes, that had given substantial rights to French Protestants.”source: Wikipedia: Abraham de Moivre
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