Ismael Bullialdus ( 1605 - 1694 )

Birth: Loudun, France (28 September 1605) Death: Abbaye St-Victor, Paris, France (25 November 1694) Profession: Clergyman, Roman Catholic Diplomat Research Field: Mathematics, astronomy Career: Travelled in Italy, Germany, Poland and to the Levant, as ambassador of King Casimir; having been raised as a Protestant, he became a Roman Catholic Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/04/1667.