| Authorised form of name | Prony; Gaspard Clair Francois Marie Riche de (1755 - 1839) |
| Other forms of name | Gaspard Francois Clair Marie Riche de |
| Gaspard Francois Clair Marie Riche |
| Other forms of surname | de Prony |
| Dates | 1755 - 1839 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Chamelet, France |
| Date of birth | 11 or 22 July 1755 |
| Place of death | Asnieres, France |
| Date of death | 29 July 1839 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Research field | Engineering |
| Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees
Career:
Harbour master, Dunkirk (1785); Engineer in chief, Perpignon (1791); Professor of Mechanics, Ecole Polytechnique (1794); General Inspector and Director de l'Ecole des ponts et chaussees (1798); visited Italy at Napoleon's request (1805, 1806, 1810); Baron (1828); wrote on engineering and mathematics
Memberships:
Royal Institute of France
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 12/03/1818 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1839 No 40 pp 178-179
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 22 July 1755, and is source of alternative name order
References:
K K Schwarz, 'Faraday and Babbage' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp367-381 |
| Code | NA7468 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1817/31 | Prony, Gaspard Clair Francois Marie Riche de: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |