Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Pedro Vicente Maldonado | |
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Portrait of Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1936), by Enrique Gomezjurado, in Alberto Mena Caamaño Museum, Quito, Ecuador. | |
| Born | Pedro Vicente Maldonado Palomino y Flores November 24, 1704 |
| Died | November 7, 1748 (aged 43) |
| Occupation(s) | Horseman of the Golden Key Gentleman of the Camera Lieutenant of Magistrate Governor of the Emerald Province Mayor of the City of Riobamba |
| Known for | The Spanish-French Geodesic Mission |
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Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores (November 24, 1704 in Riobamba, Royal Audience of Quito (today's Ecuador) – November 7, 1748 in London, England) was an Ecuadorian scientist who collaborated with the members of the French Geodesic Mission. As well as a physicist and a mathematician, Maldonado was an astronomer, topographer, and geographer.