Édouard Biot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Édouard Biot

French engineer and sinologist

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1803

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1850

Profession: engineer, mathematician, translator, sinologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Édouard Constant Biot (French: [bjo]; July 2, 1803 – March 12, 1850) was a French engineer and Sinologist.
As an engineer, he participated in the construction of the second line of French railway between Lyon and St Etienne, and as a Sinologist, published a large body of work, the result of a "knowledge rarely combined."