Albert Ribaucour, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French mathematician
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Place of Birth: Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
About Albert Ribaucour
- Albert Ribaucour (28 November 1845 in Lille – 13 September 1893 in Philippeville, Algeria) was a French Civil Engineer and mathematician.Ribaucour began to study in 1865 at the Ecole Polytechnique and in 1867 at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées.
- In 1870 he started to work as an engineer at the naval base Rochefort, in 1873 in Draguignan, in 1878 in Aix-en-Provence and in 1886 in Algeria. He is also known for his contributions to mathematics, particularly in differential geometry and minimal surfaces.
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