Léon Charles Thévenin
Léon Charles Thévenin (born March 30, 1857 in Meaux , France , † September 21, 1926 in Paris , France) was a French telegraph engineer . He is the namesake of the Thévenin theorem and the cable layer Léon Thévenin .
Thévenin graduated from the École polytechnique (German Polytechnic University, French elite school) in 1876 and from the École supérieure de télégraphie (German Telegraphy University) in 1879 . In 1890 he started with the still young Administration des postes et télégraphes (German Post and Telegraph Administration ). At the same time he took math courses and conducts his own research in electricity. With the creation of the École professionnelle supérieure des postes et télégraphes (EPSPT, German University of the Post Office and Telegraph) in 1888 he began to teach mathematics and electricity there. In 1896 he was appointed director of this school. He conducted studies aimed at influencing the way electricity networks were built. In 1901 he was replaced as director of the EPSPT by Édouard Estaunié . Until he retired, he was head of a plant in the Administration des postes et télégraphes , which built machines for stamping.
In 1896 Thévenin published a formula based on Kirchhoff's rules and Ohm's law for simplifying electrical circuits (or their calculation), known as Thévenin's theorem .
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| SURNAME | Thévenin, Léon Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thevenin, Léon Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French telegraph engineer, namesake of the Thévenin theorem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meaux , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1926 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |