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Emile du Chatelet

Emile du Chatelet. Life . Born on 17 December 1706 in Paris She 10 September 1749 in Lunévill France She was the only daughter of six children. Education . She spoke four languages Latin, Italian, Greek and German

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Emile du Chatelet

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  1. Emile du Chatelet

  2. Life • Born on 17 December 1706 in Paris • She 10 September 1749 in Lunévill France • She was the only daughter of six children.

  3. Education • She spoke four languages Latin, Italian, Greek and German • Emilie was encouraged by a family friend, name M. de Mezieres to learn mathematics

  4. Relationship • At the age of nineteen she married the thirty-four-year-old Marquis du Chatelet • Emilie closest friend was Voltaire,who was one of most intriguing and brilliant scholars of time • Emilie fell in love with the Marquis de Saint-Lambert

  5. Children

  6. Accomplishment

  7. Interesting Facts • Emilie translated Newton entire book on the principals of mathematics into French • The years Emilie spent with Voltaire were some of the most productive years of her life • Voltaire wrote a pome for Emilie called The Divine Émilie • She was tall and clumsy as a child, but was always quick to learn.

  8. Work cited • http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/chatelet.htm

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