Jean Albert Gauthier-Villars
Jean Albert Gauthier-Villars (born March 31, 1828 in Lons-le-Saunier , † February 5, 1898 in Paris ) was a French publisher .
Life
Gauthier-Villars attended the Paris Polytechnic. He then worked as a telegraph engineer in the civil service. In 1863 he quit his position in order to acquire the Mallet-Bachelier printing and publishing house that had existed since 1791 in the following year. This already prosperous company experienced rapid growth under his leadership. The publishing house specialized in the publication of scientific, especially mathematical works and scientific periodicals. With the works of Augustin-Louis Cauchy , Pierre de Fermat , Joseph Fourier , Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Pierre-Simon Laplace published in his homeGauthier-Villars established his company as one of the leading French science publishers. In addition, Gauthier-Villars published a series of articles on techniques of wood preservation for the "Annales télégraphiques" (1859).
family
His second son was Henry Gauthier-Villars
List of publications, periodicals, 19th century
- Les comptes-rendus de l'Académie des sciences (France) | Académie des Sciences de Paris
- The annales de l'Observatoire
- Les publications du Bureau des longitudes
- Les publications du Bureau central météorologique
- Les publications du Bureau international des poids et mesures
- Le Journal de l'École polytechnique (France) | École Polytechnique
Individual evidence
- ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 7. Leipzig 1907, p. 394
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gauthier-Villars, Jean Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lons-le-Saunier |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1898 |
| Place of death | Paris |