Pierre-Charles Lesage
Pierre-Charles Lesage (born December 2, 1740 in Livry, † December 20, 1810 ) was a French engineer.
Life
After an initial career as a geographer and military draftsman and training at the École nationale des ponts et chaussées (National School for Bridge and Road Construction), Lesage was appointed engineer at this Grande école in 1776 and later became chief engineer. He worked at this university until his death in 1810. In 1784 and 1785 he traveled to England and studied the country's transport infrastructure and port facilities. He wrote down his travel impressions, especially about the political, social and economic differences in England and France, in a diary. In 1800 he became school inspector of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. He was a close associate of the first director Jean-Rodolphe Perronet , whom he paid tribute to in a letter. For students he edited a collection of excerpts from the memoirs and scientific papers in the library.
In 1806 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and the Accademia delle Scienze in Turin .
Individual evidence
- ^ Antoine Picon: Towards a History of Technological Thought . In: Robert Fox (Ed.): Technological change. Methods and themes in the history of technology . Harwood Acad. Publ., London 1996, pp. 37–49 ( online [PDF; accessed July 10, 2017]).
- ^ Deceased members. Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed on July 10, 2017 .
- ^ Academicians: Pierre-Charles Lesage. Accademia delle Scienze Torino, accessed July 10, 2017 (Italian).
Web links
- Lesage et la bibliothèque. École des Ponts ParisTech, accessed July 10, 2017 (French).
- Lesage, Pierre-Charles (1740-1810). ArchiSEINE, accessed on July 10, 2017 (French, short biography).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lesage, Pierre-Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Livry |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1810 |