Étienne Mignot de Montigny
Étienne Mignot de Montigny (born December 15, 1714 in Paris , † May 6, 1782 ) was a French engineer, geographer, chemist, Chancellor of the Exchequer, royal advisor and Grand Voyer of the Généralité de Paris.
His father Jean-François Mignot de Montigny was the French Chancellor of the Exchequer. Montigny, who was interested in mathematics and mechanics at an early age, attended the Collège Louis-le-Grand of the Jesuits. When he announced that he wanted to join the order, his father took him from school. He was on a study trip to England, Switzerland and the French provinces, studying the textile industry. On his return he is a commissioner in the Ministry of Commerce where he is supposed to promote industry and trade with knowledge of new inventions and machines. In 1740 he became an adjunct and in 1758 a full member of the Académie des Sciences . He was also an associate member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
In 1766 he published a map of France for the academy with César François Cassini de Thury and Charles Étienne Louis Camus .
He wrote various memoranda, such as a guide for the provincial population on how to behave in the event of infectious diseases in cattle (1775). A travelogue of his, which dealt among other things with Brittany, was published in 1925.
As a chemist he came before Antoine de Lavoisier in the analysis of gypsum.
His cousin Marie Louise Mignot (Madame Denis) was Voltaire's niece .
Web links
- French biography on the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques website
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Montigny, Étienne Mignot de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist, geographer and Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1782 |