Louis Poinsot
Deceased Q382107

Louis Poinsot

French mathematician and physicist (1777-1859)

Born: January 3, 1777 (1777) · Paris
Died: December 5, 1859 (1859) · Paris
Age at death: 82 years
Nationality France
Occupation politician, university teacher, mathematician, physicist
Field of work theoretical mechanics
Education École polytechnique, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Employer Lycée Condorcet, École polytechnique, Bureau des Longitudes
Position held member of the Chamber of Peers, Second Empire senator, Inspector general of the Éducation nationale
Gender male

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