Who was d'Alembert's mother?
Claudine Guérin de Tencin
Marie Curie
Joan of Arc
Marie Antoinette
Answer
Claudine Guérin de Tencin was a French author and salonnière. She was born in Paris in 1681 and died in 1749. She was the mother of Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert, a French mathematician, philosopher, and encyclopedist.
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