Jean-Victor Poncelet
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a French engineer and mathematician who served most notably as the Commanding General of the École Polytechnique
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Born
1 July 1788 Metz, France
Died
22 December 1867 (aged 79) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Traité des propriétés projectives des figures (1822), Introduction à la mécanique industrielle (1829)
Fields
Mathematics, engineering
Alma mater
École Polytechnique
Institutions
École d'application de l'artillerie of Metz University of Paris École Polytechnique
Academic advisors
Gaspard Monge
adultbasic
France
era
1800+