Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Ecuadorian scientist
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Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores 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. Wikipedia
Born: November 24, 1704, Riobamba, Ecuador
Died: November 7, 1748 (age 43 years), London, United Kingdom
Graduation date: May 19, 1721
Full name: Pedro Vicente Maldonado y Flores
Nationality: Ecuadorian
Known for: The Spanish-French Geodesic Mission