Pierre Arnollet
Pierre Arnollet , actually Pierre Jean Baptiste Arnollet (born May 21, 1776 in Pontailler-sur-Saône , Département Côte-d'Or , † January 30, 1857 in Dijon , Dépt. Côte-d'Or) was a French engineer.
Life
Arnollet studied at the École polytechnique in Paris and then became a member of the Corps des ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées . With effect from March 16, 1790 Napoleon Bonaparte appointed him to the Commission des sciences et des arts , which was to accompany his Egyptian expedition (1798-1801) scientifically. As a member of this commission, he was also involved in the creation of the Description de l'Égypte .
After his return he settled in Dijon. There he mostly dealt with the technology of the railroad and its routes and he was also involved in the atmospheric Paris - Saint-Germain-en-Laye railroad .
Pierre Arnollet died on January 30, 1857 in Dijon, where he found his final resting place.
literature
- Édouard de Villiers du Terrage: L'expedition d'Égypte 1798–1801. Journal et souvenirs d'un jeune savant . Éditions Cosmopole, Paris 2001, pp. 351ff. (Reprinted from Paris 1899 edition).
- Yves Laissus: L'Égypte, une aventure savante. 1798-1801 . Fayard, Paris 1998, p. 126 and 219.
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| SURNAME | Arnollet, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pontailler-sur-Saône , Côte-d'Or department |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1857 |
| Place of death | Dijon , Déptartemen Côte-d'Or |