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Jean-André Deluc or de Luc〔 (8 February 1727 – 7 November 1817) was a Swiss geologist and meteorologist. He also devised measuring instruments. == Biography == Jean-André Deluc was born in Geneva. His family had come to Switzerland from Lucca, Italy, in the 15th century.〔 His mother was Françoise Huaut. His father, Jacques-François Deluc,〔 had written in refutation of Bernard Mandeville and other rationalistic writers.〔 Jean-André received an excellent education, chiefly in mathematics and natural science; in mathematics he was a student of Georges-Louis Le Sage. He then engaged in business, which occupied a large part of his first adult years, with the exception of scientific investigation in the Alps. With the help of his brother Guillaume-Antoine, he built a splendid collection of mineralogy and natural history.〔 René Sigrist, «Collecting nature's medals», in John Heilbron & René Sigrist (eds), ''Jean-André Deluc. Historian of Earth and Man'', Geneva, Slatkine, 2011, p. 105-146.〕〔 Deluc also took part in politics. In 1768, sent on an embassy to the duc de Choiseul in Paris, he succeeded in gaining the duke's friendship. In 1770 he became a member of the Council of Two Hundred in Geneva. Three years later, business reverses forced him to leave his native town; he returned, briefly, only once. The change freed him for scientific pursuits; with little regret he moved to England in 1773, where he was appointed reader to Queen Charlotte, a position he held for forty-four years and that afforded him both leisure and income. In the latter part of his life he was given leave to make several tours of Switzerland, France, Holland and Germany. At the beginning of his German tour (1798–1804), he was distinguished with an honorary professorship of philosophy and geology at the University of Göttingen. Back to England, he undertook a geological tour of the country (1804–1807).〔 In 1773 Deluc was made a fellow of the Royal Society; he was a correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences and a member of several other learned societies. He died at Windsor, Berkshire, England, in 1817, after nearly 70 years of research. Deluc, an impact crater on the Moon, was given his name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean-André Deluc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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