Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire
Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire (born June 21, 1758 in Wassy , Kingdom of France , † March 8, 1817 in Paris ) was a French lawyer, statistics pioneer and cartographer .
Live and act
He was the son of Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire (1728-1803), adviser to the king, Procureur des Eaux et Forêts and Marie Thérèse Gantois (1737-1817). On April 26, 1787 he married Angélique-Emilie Vermeil (1769–1838) with whom he had two children: Angélique-Claire Chanlaire (May 10, 1788, Paris - September 9, 1877) and Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire (? - 23. December 1870, Cannes).
Little is known about his life. In 1780 he was an attorney at the Supreme Court of the Parlement de Paris . With the revolution he began to change his professional orientation and learned geography . At the beginning of the 19th century he worked in the administration of the Centrale des Eaux et Forêts , where after a few years he was entrusted with the cadastre . He created numerous important and noted maps, such as Carte d'Europe, dressée sur la méridienne de Paris or Carte géométrique des Routes de Poste de la République Française . From 1803 to 1807 he was director of the topography authority.
Honors
- The rue Chanlaire in his hometown Wassy was named in his honor.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DD: Pierre Gilles Chanlaire. Un geographe méconnu. In: Biographies et Généalogies Haut-Marnaises. October 9, 2011, accessed December 13, 2014 (French).
- ↑ Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire (1758-1817). In: data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on December 13, 2014 (French).
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SURNAME | Chanlaire, Pierre-Gilles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lawyer, statistics pioneer and cartographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1758 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wassy |
DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1817 |
Place of death | Paris |