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

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.