Antoine Deparcieux

Antoine Deparcieux was a French mathematician. He was born at Clessous in the Portes, province of Languedoc. He attended the school of Saint Florent for 10 years while working on his family farm. In 1725, his desire for learning took him to Lyon, where he studied at a Jesuit school for five years. Then, in 1730, he went to Paris to increase his knowledge of mathematics and physics. He made a living by manufacturing sundials.