Jean Baptiste Meusnier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Baptiste Meusnier

French mathematician

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1754

Place of Birth: Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 13-Jun-1793

Profession: engineer, combat engineer, mathematician, aerospace engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Jean Baptiste Meusnier

  • Jean Baptiste Marie Charles Meusnier de la Place (Tours, 19 June 1754 — le Pont de Cassel, near Mainz, 13 June 1793) was a French mathematician, engineer and Revolutionary general.
  • He is best known for Meusnier's theorem on the curvature of surfaces, which he formulated while he was at the École Royale du Génie (Royal School of Engineering).
  • He also discovered the helicoid.
  • He worked with Lavoisier on the decomposition of water and the evolution of hydrogen.

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