Pierre Corneille vs Pierre de Fermat
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Compare the life timelines of Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) and Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 58 years, from 1607 to 1665.
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Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
- — Born in Rouen, Normandy Verified
- — Educated at the Jesuit college in Rouen Verified
- — Licensed as a lawyer Verified
- — First play, the comedy Mélite, staged in Paris Verified
- — Premiere of Le Cid and the ensuing 'Querelle du Cid' Verified
- — Wrote the great tragedies Horace, Cinna, and Polyeucte Verified
- — Married Marie de Lampérière Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Moved from Rouen to Paris Verified
- — Died in Paris 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