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Pierre-Simon Girard
French mathematician and engineer
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 4 November 1765, 1765
- Died
- 30 November 1836, 1 December 1836, 1836
- Place of birth
- Caen
- Place of death
- Paris
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Pierre
- Family name
- Girard
- Field of work
- mathematics, civil engineering
- Occupation
- mathematician, engineer, physicist
- Citizenship
- France
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), BEIC Digital Library, Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (1908-1930)
- educated at
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- employer
- Port of Le Havre, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Commission des Sciences et des Arts
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- member of
- Société Philomathique de Paris, French Academy of Sciences, Academy of Agriculture of France, Institut de France, Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale, Academy of Sciences of Turin
- name in native language
- Pierre-Simon Girard
- noble title
- knight
- notable work
- fontaine du Château d'eau, Canal de l'Ourcq
- partner in business or sport
- Gaspard de Prony
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery, Grave of Girard
- student
- Augustin-Louis Cauchy
- student of
- Jacques-Élie Lamblardie
- writing language
- French
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