Jean Tarde

Jean Tarde
Born1561
La Roque-Gageac
Died1636
La Roque-Gageac
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Cahors, Sorbonne
Known forSunspots, Cartography

Jean Tarde (b. La Roque-Gageac 1561 or 1562, d. La Roque-Gageac 1636) was Vicar general of Sarlat, famous for his chronicles of the diocese.[1] He was a Frenchman and was an early adopter of Copernican theory.[2] Tarde was born into a semi wealthy family in the bourgeois community in La Roque-Gageac, near Sarlat, France. He received his doctorate of law from the University of Cahors and then went on to the University of Paris to continue his studies.[3] Throughout his younger adult life, he held a number of different religious positions such as canon theologian, and almoner where during his free time he studied various sciences including mathematics, astronomy, physics, and geography.[1] He is most famous for his work with sunspots which he concluded were small satellites of the sun.

  1. ^ a b Westfall, Richard. "Tarde, Jean". The Galileo Project. Rice University. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ Baumgartner, F.J. (October 2018). ""Sunspots or Sun's Planets - Jean Tarde and the Sunspot Controversy of the Early 17TH-CENTURY"". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 18: 44–53. doi:10.1177/002182868701800103. S2CID 118641803 – via Harvard.edu.
  3. ^ Saridakis, Voula (October 2018). "Tarde, Jean". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers – via Springer Link.