Nicolas Poussin vs Pierre de Fermat
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Compare the life timelines of Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) and Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 58 years, from 1607 to 1665.
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Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
- — Born near Les Andelys in Normandy Verified
- — Left Normandy for Paris to pursue painting Verified
- — Settled in Rome Verified
- — Painted The Death of Germanicus for Cardinal Francesco Barberini Verified
- — Married Anne-Marie Dughet Verified
- — Painted the second version of Et in Arcadia ego (The Arcadian Shepherds) Verified
- — Returned to Paris as First Painter to King Louis XIII Verified
- — Returned permanently to Rome Verified
- — Painted the Four Seasons cycle, his final major work Verified
- — Died in Rome Verified
Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665)
- — Born in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France Verified
- — Received a bachelor's degree in civil law from the University of Orleans Verified
- — Purchased the office of councillor at the Parlement of Toulouse Verified
- — Married Louise de Long Verified
- — Developed methods of maxima, minima, and tangents anticipating calculus Verified
- — Wrote the marginal note stating Fermat's Last Theorem Verified
- — Co-founded probability theory in correspondence with Blaise Pascal Verified
- — Formulated the principle of least time in optics Verified
- — Died in Castres, France Verified