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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a Common card
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists, and was a successful organizer of scientific inquiry.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 58
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 94
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,900
Power 94 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His research included a determination of the difference in longitude of various locations in Europe, around the Mediterranean, and in North Africa.
- He is notably known for having been Galileo’s lawyer, a close friend of Rubens, an art advisor to Marie de' Medici, a pioneer of Egyptology, and for undertaking the first map of the Moon based on telescopic observations.
- Marc Fumaroli described him as the prince of the Republic of Letters.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc article was read about 4,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 58 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Attributed to Louis Finson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
