Édouard Biot
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French engineer and sinologist (1803–1850)
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- Born
- 1803
- Died
- 1850
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Catalogue général des étoiles filantes et des autres météores observés en Chine pendant vingt-quatre siècles
- L'architetto delle strade ferrate, ovvero, Saggio sui principi generali dell'arte di formare le strade a ruotaje di ferro
- Le Tcheou-li ou Rites des Tcheou
- Catalogue général des étoiles filants et des autres météores observés en Chine pendant vingt-quatre siècles depuis le VIIe siècle avant J. C. jusqu'au milieu du XVIIe de notre ère
- Note sur la direction de l'aiguille aimantée en Chine, et sur les aurores boréales observées dans ce même pays
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Father
- Jean-Baptiste Biot
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- engineering
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- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- date of death
- 1850-03-12
- date of birth
- 1803-07-02
- name in native language
- Édouard Biot
- writing language
- French
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