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Gaspard Monge

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Gaspard Monge

Birth
Beaune, Departement de la Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France
Death
28 Jul 1818 (aged 72)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Mathematician. Professor of Mathematics. Became naval Minister in the Revolutionary government in 1792. Took part in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. A founder (with Lazar Carnot) of modern analytic geometry; also interested in chemistry. Body removed to the Pantheon in 1959.
Mathematician. Professor of Mathematics. Became naval Minister in the Revolutionary government in 1792. Took part in Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. A founder (with Lazar Carnot) of modern analytic geometry; also interested in chemistry. Body removed to the Pantheon in 1959.

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  • Added: Dec 7, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7522/gaspard-monge: accessed ), memorial page for Gaspard Monge (10 May 1746–28 Jul 1818), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7522, citing Panthéon, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.