Jacques Alexandre Le Tenneur

Jacques Alexandre Le Tenneur
CitizenshipFrench
Known forSupporting Galileo's arguments for free falling objects
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician

Jacques-Alexandre Le Tenneur (16041659) was a French mathematician who defended Galileo Galilei’s ideas. He corresponded with fellow mathematicians such as Pierre Gassendi, Pierre Hérigone and Marin Mersenne. It is unclear when or where he died but he probably lived from 1610 to 1660.