Pierre-Simon Girard
Mathematician, Deceased Person
1765 – 1836
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Who was Pierre-Simon Girard?
Pierre-Simon Girard was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on fluid mechanics.
Girard was born in Caen. A prodigy who invented a water turbine at the age of ten, he worked as an engineer at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He was in charge of planning and construction of the Amiens canal and the Ourcq canal. He collaborated with Gaspard de Prony on the Dictionnaire des Ponts et Chaussées. He wrote works on fluids and on the strength of materials. In 1799 he led a cultural and scientific expedition to Upper Egypt. He died in Paris, aged 71.
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- Born
- Nov 4, 1765
Caen - Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Lived in
- Calvados
- Died
- Nov 30, 1836
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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