Jean-Baptiste Morin, French Mathematician
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Jean-Baptiste Morin (February 23, 1583 - November 6, 1656) was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. He began studying philosophy at Aix-en-Provence at the age of 16. He studied medicine at Avignon in 1611 and received his medical degree two years later. He was employed by the Bishop of Boulogne from 1613 to 1621 as an astrologer and also visited mines and studied metals. He worked in the field of optics, and continued to study in astrology with Pierre Gassendi on observational astronomy. In 1630, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the Coll̬ge Royal, a post he held until his death. He is remembered for being opponent of Galileo. He is most famous for his work as an astrologer, towards the end of his life Morin completed Astrologia Gallica (French Astrology), a treatise which he did not live to see in print. The work covers natal, judicial, mundane, electional and meteorological astrology, and astrological techniques. He was particularly concerned with prediction through methodical extrapolation of what is promised in the natal chart. His techniques were directions, solar and lunar return. He challenged much of classical astrological theory, including the astrology of Ptolemy. He died in 1656 of natural causes at the gas of 73.