Blaise Pascal, born 19 June 1623 and died 19 August 1662, was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer, and a child prodigy educated by his father Etienne Pascal, a tax collector in Rouen. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 - 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father Etienne Pascal, a tax collector in Rouen.
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