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Claude François Milliet Dechales (1621 - 28 March 1678) was a French Jesuit priest and mathematician. He published a treatise on mathematics and a translation of the works of Euclid.

Biography

Born in Chambéry, Savoy, Claude Dechales (De Challes) was the son of Hector Milliet de Challes (1568-1642), first president of Sovereign Senate of Savoy.

He entered the Jesuits at the age of fifteen on 21 September 1636.

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