Yvon Villarceau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yvon Villarceau

French astronomer and mathematician

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1813

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

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1883

Profession: astronomer, engineer, mathematician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Antoine-Joseph Yvon Villarceau (15 January 1813 – 23 December 1883) was a French astronomer, mathematician, and engineer. He constructed an equatorial meridian-instrument and an isochronometric regulator for the Paris Observatory. He wrote Mécanique Céleste.
Expose des Méthodes de Wronski et Composantes des Forces Perturbatrices suivant les Axes Mobiles (Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1881) and Sur l'établissement des arches de pont, envisagé au point de vue de la plus grande stabilité (Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1853). He is the eponym of Villarceau circles, which are two circular sections of a torus other than the two trivial ones. A short street in the 16th arrondissement in Paris is named after Villarceau.



Alternative names	Eugene Pirou; Eugené Pirou
Description	French photographer and filmmaker
Date of birth/death	26 September 1841	30 September 1909
Location of birth/death	Tubœuf	Chaville
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