Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois

French painter

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1759

Place of Birth: Amiens, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 07-May-1832

Profession: physicist, engraver, chemist, painter, printmaker, miniature painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois (16 December 1759 – 7 May 1832) was a French physicist and painter. As a painter, he's known by his gray camaïeux; some of his portraits are in the Musée du Louvre. As a physicist, he was an important optician.
His two main works are: Leçons expérimentales d'optique sur la lumière et les couleurs destinées à rétablir dans leur intégrité les faits dénaturés par Newton (1816–1817) Manuel d'optique expérimentale à l'usage des artistes et des physiciens (1821).



Description	French painter, miniaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death	5 July 1761	6 January 1845
Location of birth/death	La Bassée	Paris
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q715909 VIAF: 47026079 ISNI: 0000 0000 8125 7529 ULAN: 500023946 LCCN: n85068746 WGA: BOILLY, Louis Léopold WorldCat