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Nonfiction: Mathematician Oronce Finé.

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-[[File:Oronce_Finé.jpg|thumb|Oronce Finé.]]'''Oronce Finé''' (or '''Fine'''; Latin: ''Orontius Finnaeus'' or ''Finaeus''; Italian: ''Oronzio Fineo''; 20 December 1494 – 8 August 1555) was a French [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]] and cartographer.
+Nonfiction: Mathematician [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]].
-He was imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]].
-In 1531, he was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the Collège Royal (the present Collège de France), founded by King Francis I, where he taught until his death.
-Although primarily a populariser, Finé was one of the most prolific authors of mathematical books of his age. He worked in a wide range of [[Mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematical]] fields, including practical geometry, arithmetic, optics, gnomonics, astronomy, and instrumentalism.
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