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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gaspard Monge canonical | 12 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French person
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geometer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1746-05-09 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Beaune
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Burgundy ⓘ France ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris ⓘ |
| closeTo | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1818-07-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
École Normale (Paris)
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surface form:
École Normale
École Polytechnique ⓘ École royale du génie de Mézières ⓘ
surface form:
École Royale du Génie de Mézières
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| familyName |
Place Monge
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surface form:
Monge
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| fieldOfWork |
descriptive geometry
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engineering education ⓘ geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| givenName | Gaspard ⓘ |
| honor | name inscribed on the Eiffel Tower ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of technical drawing
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engineering education in France ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jean d’Alembert
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surface form:
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
Leonhard Euler ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Monge problem in optimal transport
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Monge–Ampère equation ⓘ contributions to differential geometry ⓘ development of descriptive geometry ⓘ founding descriptive geometry ⓘ role in modern engineering education ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bureau des Longitudes
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Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
Institut de France ⓘ |
| name | Gaspard Monge self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Application de l’analyse à la géométrie
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Géométrie descriptive ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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politician ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
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surface form:
Egyptian campaign of Napoleon
French Revolution ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Senate of France
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professor at École Normale ⓘ professor at École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| supported | French Revolution ⓘ |
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