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Born May 10, 1746 ‱ Beaune ‱ France
Died July 28, 1818 (aged 72) ‱ Paris ‱ France
Founder École Polytechnique
Notable Works “Feuilles d’analyse appliquĂ©e Ă  la gĂ©omĂ©trie”
Subjects Of Study curvature ‱ descriptive geometry ‱ surface

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Gaspard Monge, detail of an oil painting by Jean Naigeon, 1811; in the Museum of Fine Arts, Beaune, France.
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Lagrange, Joseph-Louis, comte de l'Empire
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, comte de l’Empire
French mathematician
Bosio, Jean-Baptiste-François: Portrait of Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
French philosopher and humanist
Paul Painlevé.
Paul Painlevé
French prime minister and mathematician
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Vincent d’Indy
French composer
Coypel, Charles-Antoine: Painting Ejecting Thalia
Charles-Antoine Coypel
French artist
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Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Portrait of Georges Clemenceau wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the left with a serious expression.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
King Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat
Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France

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