Dure Noel

(Duret, Durret)
(1590, Monbrison - OK. 1650)
Contemporary Morin de Villefranche. He worked in Paris with the King of France and Cardinal Richelieu (1585 - 1642). Royal cosmography, professor of mathematics at the University of Paris. D. paid a special pension, established for him by Cardinal Richelieu. D. wrote several works on astronomy and astrology, as well as a treatise on geodesy and fortification. His main work - the ephemeris "Novae Motuum Ephemeridis Richelianae" (1641). Astrological Book D. Soon after the publication became known not only at home but also in other countries. In Britain, the main proponent of the ideas of D. was Kalpeper N..

Selected works:
Nouvelle theorie des planetes. - Paris, 1635.
Primi mobilis doctrina. - Paris, 1638.
Tables Richeliennes, avec une brieve theorie des planetes, selon Kepler etc. - Paris, 1639.
Ephemerides motuum coelestium Richelianae ab anno 1637 ad annum 1651, ex Lansbergii tabulis. - Paris, 1641.
Traite de geodesie et des fortifications. - Paris, 1643.
Literature:
1. Halbronn JE. The Revealing Process of Translation and Criticism in the History of Astrology. / / Astrology Science and Society Historical Essays.
2. Poggendorff JC. Biographisch-literarisches Handwoerterbuch zur geschichte der exacten Wissenschaften ...