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| | Guillaume Delisle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Guillaume Delisle (February 28, 1675 - January 25, 1726)was a French cartographer, born in Paris, France (he also died there). |
 | | His father, Claude Delisle (1644-1720) studied law and then later settled in Paris as private teacher in geography and history, and afterwards filled theoffice of royal censor. |
 | | In 1702 hebecame élève, in 1716 adjoint, and in 1718 associé of the Académie des Sciences ; and, as the young king's instructor in geography, received the title ofFirst Royal Geographer with a fixed salary, an office which was then created for the first time. |
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