Gaspard Monge

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Gaspard Monge was a French mathematician and geometer, best known as a founder of descriptive geometry and a key figure in the development of modern engineering education.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf French person
geometer
human
mathematician
birthDate 1746-05-09
birthPlace Beaune
Burgundy
France
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris
closeTo Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED
deathDate 1818-07-28
deathPlace France
Paris
employer École Normale NERFINISHED
École Polytechnique NERFINISHED
École Royale du Génie de Mézières
familyName Monge
fieldOfWork descriptive geometry
engineering education
geometry
mathematics
givenName Gaspard
honor name inscribed on the Eiffel Tower
influenced development of technical drawing
engineering education in France
influencedBy Jean le Rond d’Alembert
Leonhard Euler
knownFor Monge problem in optimal transport
Monge–Ampère equation
contributions to differential geometry
development of descriptive geometry
founding descriptive geometry
role in modern engineering education
memberOf Bureau des Longitudes
French Academy of Sciences
Institut de France
name Gaspard Monge
nationality French
notableWork Application de l’analyse à la géométrie
Géométrie descriptive
occupation mathematician
politician
professor
participatedIn Egyptian campaign of Napoleon
French Revolution
positionHeld member of the Senate of France
professor at École Normale
professor at École Polytechnique
religion Roman Catholicism
supported French Revolution

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