Henri Pitot: Quick Facts

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Born	May 3, 1695 • France
Died	December 27, 1771 (aged 76) • France

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Saint-Clément Aqueduct

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Jean-Charles de Borda

French mathematician and nautical astronomer

William George Armstrong, c. 1870

William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong

British industrialist and engineer

James Bicheno Francis

James Bicheno Francis

British-American engineer

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Louis Lumière

French inventor

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Auguste Lumière

French inventor

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Barthélemy Thimonnier

French inventor

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Frédéric Joliot-Curie

French chemist and physicist

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Irène Joliot-Curie

French chemist

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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

French aviator

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Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier

French aviator

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François-Ambroise Didot

French printer and typesetter

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Firmin Didot

French printer and typesetter

Painting by Albert Edelfelt showing Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, holding a glass flask and examining it intently, surrounded by scientific equipment on a workbench.

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist

French philosopher Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

French philosopher and scientist

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

French military engineer

Marie Curie

Marie Curie

Polish-born French physicist

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René Laënnec

French physician

Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie

French chemist

Fresnel, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a contemporary portrait, 1825

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

French physicist

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Charles Cros

French inventor and poet