Gaspard de Prony
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French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics (1755-1839)
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Vinony's link graph records 36 inbound references to Gaspard de Prony, and connects out to École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, mathematics and World War II.
It sits within the topics 1755 births, 1839 deaths and 18th-century French mathematicians.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Chamelet
- Place of death
- Asnières-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- scientist
- Position held
- director
- Educated at
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Prony's method
- Noble title
- baron
- Image
- Gaspard de Prony.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
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- Commons Creator page
- Gaspard de Prony
- date of birth
- 1755-07-22
- Commons category
- Gaspard de Prony
- date of death
- 1839-07-29
- birth name
- Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony (français)
- name in native language
- Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony
- writing language
- French
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- partner in business or sport
- Pierre-Simon Girard
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1755 births1839 deaths18th-century French mathematicians19th-century French mathematiciansBarons of the First French EmpireBurials at Père Lachaise CemeteryCommanders of the Legion of HonourForeign members of the Royal SocietyFrench engineersFrench fellows of the Royal SocietyFrench recipients of the Legion of HonourMembers of the Chamber of Peers of the July MonarchyMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesOfficers of the French Academy of SciencesPeople from Rhône (department)