Florent-Jean de Vallière, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Florent-Jean de Vallière

French general

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1667

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

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1759

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jean-Florent de Vallière (7 September 1667 – 7 January 1759) was a French artillery officer of the 18th century.
He was lieutenant-general of the King's Armies.
In 1726, de Vallière became Director-General of the Battalions and Schools of the Artillery. Through the Royal Ordonnance of 7 October 1732, de Vallière endeavoured to reorganize and standardize the King's artillery.
He significantly improved the method used for founding cannons, superseding the technique developed by Jean-Jacques Keller.
He thus developed the de Vallière system, which set the standard for French artillery until the advent of the Gribeauval system.



Alternative names	Guillaume Louis Figuier
Description	French writer, physician writer, journalist and chemist
Date of birth/death	15 February 1819	8 November 1894
Location of birth/death	Montpellier	9th arrondissement of Paris
Authority control	: Q2571091 VIAF: 39376961 ISNI: 0000 0001 2095 9559 LCCN: n83140868 NLA: 35885203 Open Library: OL972961A WorldCat