Philibert Trudaine de Montigny
Philibert Trudaine de Montigny (born January 19, 1733 in Clermont-Ferrand , † August 5, 1777 in Paris ) was a French chemist and high administrator.
He was the son of the head of the Roads and Bridges Administration Daniel-Charles Trudaine (1703–1769), who had this post since 1743, and worked with his father since 1757. When his father died he was his successor, which he remained until 1777 (shortly before his death he gave up the position). He was also a senior finance officer (Intendant de Finances) and head of the Bureau de commerce.
He was also an accomplished chemist who worked with and befriended Antoine de Lavoisier , among others , using Montigny's castle. In 1776 they carried out experiments on animal respiration there. Since he was wealthy, he also acted as a patron for scientists and financed the establishment of the Journal de Physique.
He was friends with Turgot and, like his father, a member of the Académie des Sciences .
In 1770/71 he traveled to the Spanish peninsula.
Montigny was married twice, from 1756 to Françoise-Bernardine Gaigne de Perrigny and from 1762 to Anne-Marie-Rosalie Bouvard de Fourqueux, daughter of the later General Controller of Finance Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux . His second marriage resulted in two sons, Charles-Louis (1765-1794) and Charles-Michel (1766-1794), who were friends with André Chénier and how he ended up on the guillotine in 1794.
He is not to be confused with the chemist Étienne Mignot de Montigny .
Web links
- Biography of the Trudaine family in the Annales des Mines
- Information on Philibert Trudaine de Montigny in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
Individual evidence
- ^ Guerlac, Article Lavoisier, Dictionary of Scientific Biography , Volume 8, p. 75
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trudaine de Montigny, Philibert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clermont-Ferrand |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1777 |
| Place of death | Paris |