Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French railroad engineer
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Albert Auguste Perdonnet
- Jean Albert Vincent Auguste Perdonnet (12 March 1801, Paris – 27 September 1867, Cannes) was a French railroad engineer.
- He published the first French textbook on railroad engineering in 1828.
- He also worked to investigate and remove the causes of railroad accidents. Perdonnet's name is one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower.
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