Isidore Didion
Isidor Didion (born March 22, 1798 in Thionville (dt .: Diedenhofen), † July 3, 1878 in Nancy ) was a French general .
Didion entered the École polytechnique in 1817 and in 1819 went to the application school in Metz as an officer . In 1846 he was appointed staff officer , later he became assistant to the management of the powder factories. In 1848 he was appointed director of the primer factory in Paris. Further stages in his career included promotion to Colonel (1854), Général de brigade (1858) and commander of the artillery in the 5th Military Division of the fortress of Metz . From this position he joined the reserve of the generals in 1860. Didion wrote classical writings on ballistics .
In 1873 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .
Fonts
- Exercises on the justesse comparée du tir des balles spheriques, plates et longues . Paris ( 1839 )
- Mémoire sur la balistique . Paris (1854)
- Course élémentaire de balistique . Paris (1854)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gustave Vapereau , Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, Volume 1, Page 573, Hachette, Paris, 1880. Entry: Didion Isidor
- ↑ Colonel Virlet, Notice sur la vie et les travaux du général J. Didion, Mémoires de l'Académie de Metz, 1878 (A60, SER3) -1879 full text online
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter D. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 7, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Didion, Isidore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thionville (German: Diedenhofen) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1878 |
| Place of death | Nancy |