Pierre de Fermat

Pierre Fermat's father was a wealthy leather merchant and second consul of Beaumont- de- Lomagne.Pierre had a brother and two sisters and was almost certainly brought up in the town of his birth.From Bordeaux Fermat went to Orlans where he studied law at the University.I informed you earlier of the death of Fermat.Fermat, a man of great erudition, has contact with men of learning everywhere.Of course Fermat was preoccupied with mathematics.The widening correspondence between Fermat and other mathematicians did not find universal praise.Frenicle de Bessy became annoyed at Fermat's problems which to him were impossible.Descartes attacked Fermat's method of maxima, minima and tangents.Did this end the matter and increase Fermat's standing?