Simon de la Loubère
French diplomat
Died when: 86 years 339 days (1043 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Simon de la Loubère (French: [sim?~ d? la lub??]; 21 April 1642 – 26 March 1729) was a French diplomat to Siam (Thailand), writer, mathematician and poet.
He is credited with bringing back a document which introduced Europe to Indian astronomy, the "Siamese method" of making magic squares, as well as one of the earliest description of parachutes.
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