Pierre Bouguer

Pierre Bouguer was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and explorer born in Le Croisic. He worked in the fields of physics, astronomy, geodesy, and hydrography. Bouguer was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, where he was employed, and the Royal Society. He was a student of Jean Jacques Dortous de Mayran.

His notable works include the Beer–Lambert law, the French Geodesic Missions, and the Bouguer anomaly. He received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. Bouguer wrote in French and is described in sources such as the Nordisk familjebok and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He died in Paris on 1758-08-15.