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Who was Pierre-Simon Laplace? |
Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827) was a mathematician and astronomer who explicated what was to be the classic theory of probability. He taught in Paris at different schools, such as the École Militaire (military school).

Mathematican and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace was famous for his theory of probability (Art Archive).