Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:53:50 -0500
From: Alex Bogomolny
Dear Glenn:
Quickly does not do it. You surely mispelled the name. In all likelihood it's either Descartes or Desargues.
You can get their biographies at the MacTutor site
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Good luck
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