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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| instanceOf |
French person
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geometer → human → mathematician → |
| birthDate |
1746-05-09
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| birthPlace |
Beaune
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Burgundy → France → |
| burialPlace |
Panthéon, Paris
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| closeTo |
Napoleon Bonaparte
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| deathDate |
1818-07-28
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| deathPlace |
France
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Paris → |
| employer |
École Normale
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École Polytechnique NERFINISHED → École Royale du Génie de Mézières → |
| familyName |
Monge
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| fieldOfWork |
descriptive geometry
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engineering education → geometry → mathematics → |
| givenName |
Gaspard
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| honor |
name inscribed on the Eiffel Tower
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| influenced |
development of technical drawing
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engineering education in France → |
| influencedBy |
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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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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French Academy of Sciences → Institut de France → |
| name |
Gaspard Monge
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| nationality |
French
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| notableWork |
Application de l’analyse à la géométrie
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Géométrie descriptive → |
| occupation |
mathematician
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politician → professor → |
| participatedIn |
Egyptian campaign of Napoleon
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French Revolution → |
| positionHeld |
member of the Senate of France
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professor at École Normale → professor at École Polytechnique → |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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| supported |
French Revolution
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Referenced by (3)
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École Polytechnique
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foundedBy |
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Gaspard Monge
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name |
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Commission des Sciences et des Arts
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notableMember |