2nd+Period+-+Rene+Descartes

=2 **nd Period - Rene Descartes** = By:Cory j.



Date of birth:1596

Location of birth LaHaye.

Parents’ names: Joachim was his dad and mom name was Jeanne Brochnard.

Family background:his mother died while his brother was being born and luckily he got out and his brother name was Pierre and he died a year later and he had a sister and her name was Jeanne and he had a half brother named Joachim Jr and a half sister Annie and his father was a docter and a counselor for the British Parliament.



Date of death:1650.

Location of death/grave A catholic cemetary.

Education: He attended a jesuit collage and he got a bachelors degree he studied law at poititers and passed with honours.

Career:He went to the army and he was a scientist and a pioneer.

Legacy:He was the second best philosopher of science and he was a mathematician.

Additional/Interesting information:The house that he was born in is now a small museum and when he was in collage he stayed in bed and studied all the time and he was ill.



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