Jacques Peletier du Mans (1517 Le Mans – 1582 Paris) was a humanist, poet and mathematician of the French Renaissance. Born into a bourgeois family, he studied at the College of Navarre (in Paris) where his brother Jean was a professor of mathematics and philosophy. He subsequently studied law and medicine, frequented the literary circle around Marguerite of Navarre and from 1541-43 was secretary to René du Bellay. In 1541 he published the first French translation of Horace's "Ars poetica" and during this period he also published numerous scientific and mathematical treatises. Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Humanism is a system of thought that defines a socio-political doctrine (-ism) whose bounds exceed those of locally developed cultures, to include all of humanity and all issues common to human beings. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... The French Renaissance is commonly held to have begun in the 16th century during the reign of Francis I, although it had been well-established prior to the beginning of his reign. ... Marguerite of Navarre (April 11, 1492 - December 21, 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angouleme and Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre. ... Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin. ...

In 1547 he pronounced a funeral oration for Henry VIII of England and published his first poems "Œuvres poétiques", which included translations from the first two cantos of Homer's Odyssey and the first book of Virgil's Georgics, twelve Petrarchian sonnets, three Horacian odes and a Martial-like epigram; this poetry collection also included the first published poems of Joachim Du Bellay and Pierre de Ronsard (Ronsard would include Jacques Peletier into his list of revolutionary contemporary poets "La Pléiade"). He then began to frequent a humanist circle around Théodore de Bèze, Jean Martin, Denis Sauvage. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... The Odyssey (Greek Ὀδυσσεία) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ... For other uses see Virgil (disambiguation). ... The Georgics, written in 29 BC, is the second major work by the Latin poet Virgil. ... From the c. ... Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch, one of the best-known of the early Italian sonnet writers The term sonnet is derived from the Provençal word sonet and the Italian word sonetto, both meaning little song. ... Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin. ... Ode is a form of stately and elaborate lyrical verse. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. ... Joachim du Bellay (c. ... Pierre de Ronsard, commonly referred to as Ronsard (September 11, 1524 – December, 1585), was a French poet and prince of poets (as his own generation in France called him). ... The Pléiade was a group of 16th-century French poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. ...

Jacques Peletier tried to reform French spelling (which in the Renaissance had, through a misguided attempt to model French words on their Latin roots, acquired many inconsistancies (see Middle French)) in a treatise (1550) advocating a phonetic-based spelling using new typographic signs which Peletier would continue to use in all his published works. The orthography of French was already more or less fixed, and from a phonological point of view outdated, when its lexicography developed in the late 17th century and the Académie française was mandated to establish an official prescriptive norm. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Middle French (le moyen français) is a historical division of the French language which covers the period from (roughly) 1340 to 1610. ...

After years spent in Bordeaux, Poitiers, Piedmont (where Peletier may have been the tutor of the son of Maréchal de Brissac) and Lyons (where he frequented the poets and humanists Maurice Scève, Louise Labé, Olivier de Magny and Pontus de Tyard. In 1555 he published a manual of poetic composition, "Art poétique français", a Latin oration calling for peace from Henri II of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and a new collection of poetry "L'Amour des amours" (consisting of a sonnet cycle and a series of encyclopedic poems describing meteors, planets and the heavens) which would influence poets Guillaume du Bartas and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. For the wine, see Bordeaux Wine City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... Location within France Poitiers (population 85,000) is a small city located in west central France. ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... The Chateau Brissac in the Commune of Brissac-Quincé, in the département of Maine-et-Loire, France, was originally built as a fortified castle by the Counts of Anjou in the 11th century. ... Lyons), see Lyons (disambiguation). ... Maurice Scève (c. ... Louise Labé. Engraving by Pierre Woeiriot, 1555 Louise Charlin Perrin Labé, (c. ... Pontus de Tyard (c. ... Henry II of France Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 - July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from 1547 until his death. ... Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Charles V (Spanish: Carlos I, Dutch: Karel V, German: Karl V.) (24 February 1500–21 September 1558) is considered (the first) King of Spain though in fact was his son the first who used that title. ... The sonnet cycle is a series of sonnets usually on a given theme, dedicated to a particular individual, or both. ... Jean Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589), French poet and member of the Pléiade, was born at Venice. ...

His last years were spent in travels (Savoy, Germany, Switzerland, maybe Italy, and various regions in France) and in publishing numerous works in Latin on algebra, geometry and mathematics, medicine (a refutation of Galen, a work on the Plague). In 1572 he was briefly director of the College of Aquitaine (Bordeaux), but, bored by the position, he resigned. During this period he was friends with Michel de Montaigne and Pierre de Brach. In 1579 he returned to Paris and was named director of the College of Le Mans. A final collection of poetry "Louanges" was published in 1581. Peletier died in July or August 1582. This article is about the historical region of Savoy. ... Algebra is a branch of mathematics, which studies structure and quantity. ... Geometry (Greek Γεωμετρια, geo = earth, metria = measure (check accuracy of this)) arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. ... Claudius Galenus of Pergamum (131-201 AD), better known as Galen, was an ancient Greek physician. ... Plague is usually understood as a generic term for Bubonic plague, the mortal disease caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, which is spread by fleas from rats and some species of mice to human beings. ... Michel de Montaigne Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay. ...

Mathematical Naming Conventions

While maintaining the original system of the French mathematician Nicolas Chuquet (1485) for the names of large numbers, Jacques Peletier proposed names for the intermediate numbers, when grouping by six digits moved towards the modern grouping by three digits. The already existing series of terms ending -illion were supplemented by a related series ending -illiard, representing three powers of ten greater than the corresponding term in -illion. This convention is used throughout the world, except English-language countries, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, Russia and Puerto Rico. Both Chuquet and Peletier naming conventions are referred to as long scale, in contrast to the short scale convention used in the majority of English-language countries. Nicolas Chuquet (born 1445 (some sources say c. ... Long scale is the English translation of the French term échelle longue, which designates a system of numeric names in which the word billion means a million millions. ... Long scale is the English translation of the French term échelle longue, which designates a system of numeric names in which the word billion means a million millions. ...

Long scale is the English translation of the French term échelle longue, which designates a system of numeric names in which the word billion means a million millions. ... The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from the French phrase, Système International dUnités) is the most widely used system of units. ... The word unit means any of several things: Physical unit, a fundamental quantity of measurement in science or engineering. ... For the techno single by Moby, see Thousand (single). ... One million (1000000), one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001. ... Milliard is a French-derived word meaning the number 109. ... The word billion and its equivalents in other languages refer to one of two different numbers. ... For the game, see Billiards In long scale usage: one billiard = 1,000,000,000,000,000 = 1015 = one short scale quadrillion. ... The numeral trillion refers to one of two number values, depending on the context of where and how it is being used. ... In long scale usage: one trilliard = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = 1021 one thousand trilliards =one (long scale) quadrillion This word is not found in standard English dictionaries. ...

See also

• Nicolas Chuquet
• List of numbers
• English language numerals
• Names of large numbers
• Long and short scales
• French Renaissance literature
• Humanism