Charles Dupin
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Pierre Charles François Dupin | |
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Born | Varzy, France | 6 October 1784
Died | 18 January 1873 Paris, France | (aged 88)
Known for | Choropleth map Dupin cyclide Dupin hypersurface Dupin indicatrix Dupin's theorem Malus-Dupin theorem |
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Fields | Mathematics Engineering Economics |
Baron Pierre Charles François Dupin (French pronunciation:
Life and work
He was born in Varzy in France, the son of Charles Andre Dupin, a lawyer, and Catherine Agnes Dupin.[4] His elder brother is André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin.
Dupin studied
From 1807 Dupin was responsible for the restoration of the damaged port and arsenal at Corfu. He founded the Toulon Maritime Museum in 1813.
In 1818, Dupin was elected to the body of the French Academy of Sciences, one of the Institut de France's five Academies.[6]
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He was appointed professor at the
Dupin also had a political career and was appointed to the Senate in 1852.[6]
Selected publications
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- Dupin, François Pierre Charles. Développements de géométrie. (1813).
- Dupin, François Pierre Charles. Discours et leçons sur l'industrie, le commerce, la marine, et sur les sciences appliquées aux arts. 1825.
- Dupin, François Pierre Charles. Canal maritime de Suez. Imprimerie de Mallet-Bachelier, 1858.
References
- ^ Entry in Catholic Encyclopedia
- ^ ." Formatting Europe. Mapping a continent. 2007
- ^ a b Michael Friendly (2008). "Milestones in the history of thematic cartography, statistical graphics, and data visualization".
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ Pierre Charles Francois Dupin.
- ^ a b "Dupin biography". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
- ^ Colmont, Achille de (1855), Histoire des Expositions des produits de l'Industrie Française (in French), Guillaumin, p. 156, retrieved 2017-10-11
External links
Media related to Charles Dupin at Wikimedia Commons
Quotations related to Charles Dupin at Wikiquote
- Entry in MacTutor History of Mathematics