Jean-Baptiste du Hamel

Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel
Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel, detail from Testelin
Born(1624-06-11)11 June 1624
Vire, now Calvados, France
Died6 August 1706(1706-08-06) (aged 82)
Paris
Other namesJean-Baptiste Duhamel, Jean-Baptiste du Hamel
EducationCaen
Known forLes Sphériques de Théodose (1642)
Scientific career
FieldsNatural philosophy (physics)
InstitutionsParish of Neuilly-sur-Marne; church of Bayeux
PatronsHardouin de Péréfixe, Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel, Duhamel or du Hamel (11 June 1624 – 6 August 1706) was a French cleric and natural philosopher of the late seventeenth century, and the first secretary of the Academie Royale des Sciences. As its first secretary, he influenced the initial work of the Académie, but his legacy and influence on the Académie and the growth of science in France is mixed.