Antoine Gombaud
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Antoine Gombaud, Chevalier de Méré was a French writer, born at Poitou in 1607, and died on December 29, 1684.
He is known for his essays on L'honnête homme (The Honest Man). As a contemporary of Pascal, the two corresponded frequently on the calculation of probabilities, leading to the founding of the theory of probability by Pascal and Fermat.