Person Belidor; Bernard Forest de (1693 - 1761) Belidor Bernard Forest de Bernard Forest De Belidor 1693 - 1761 French Male Catalonia, Spain 1693 Paris, France 08 September 1761

The Arsenal, Paris

Mechanics Ballistics Military and civil architecture Career: Worked on the survey of the French meridian under Jacques Cassini (FRS 1698) (1718); Professor of Mathematics, Artillery School of La Fere; employed by the Prince de Dombes, Grand Master of Artillery, then by the Prince de Cond, who took him on campaign in Italy; Inspector of Artillery; Field Marshal; Royal Censor of mathematical works Memberships: Academie Royale des Sciences; Berlin Academy Son of Jean Baptiste Foret de Belidor, officer of dragoons, and his wife, Marie Hébert; orphaned at five months old and brought up by the family of his godfather, an artillery officer named de Fossiébourg; married the daughter or granddaughter of de Fossiébourg Fellow 03/11/1726 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Biographie Universelle Notes: Proposed by James Jurin. DSB gives year of birth as 1697/8. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1693 - 8 Sep 1761 NA7803 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/36914355 f04cfedf-42b0-48dd-8aee-13847152ecf2