# Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt

> Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (Latin), Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt (French), or Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt, was a French mathematician, physicist, and writer who conducted experiments on magnetism and wrote the first extant treatise describing the properties of magnets. His work is particularly noted for containing the earliest detailed discussion of freely pivoting compass needles, a fundamental component of the dry compass soon to appear in medieval navigation. He also wrote a treatise on the construction and use of a universal astrolabe.

*Early investigator of magnetism*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1240
- **Died:** 1300
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.8 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 18.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [П'єр Пелерин де Марікур](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F'%D1%94%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80)
- [بيتروس بيريجرينوس دى ماريكورت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA)
- [Petrus Peregrinus](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Peregrinus)
- [Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Peregrinus_de_Maricourt)
- [Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Peregrinus_de_Maricourt)
- [Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Peregrinus_de_Maricourt)
- [Peter Peregrinus de Maricourt](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Peregrinus_de_Maricourt)
- [Pierre de Maricourt](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Maricourt)
- [پترو پرگرینوس د ماریکور](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [Pierre de Maricourt](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Maricourt)
- [Pierre de Maricourt](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Maricourt)
- [ペトルス・ペレグリヌス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8C%E3%82%B9)
- [პიერ დე მარიკური](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98)
- [Pierre de Maricourt](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Maricourt)
- [Petrus Peregrinus](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Peregrinus)
- [Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Peregrinus_de_Maricourt)
- [Pierre d’ Maricourt](https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_d%E2%80%99_Maricourt)
- [Pedro de Maricourt](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Maricourt)
- [Pierre de Maricourt](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Maricourt)
- [Марикур, Пьер Пелерен де](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%2C_%D0%9F%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5)
- [Pierre de Maricourt](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Maricourt)
- [Maricourtlu Peter](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maricourtlu_Peter)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q577394)

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