Antoine Alphonse Chassepot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Alphonse Chassepot

French engineer

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1833

Place of Birth: Mutzig, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1905

Profession: military personnel, engineer, inventor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833–1905) was a French inventor and gunsmith.
He was born in 1833 at Mutzig in Alsace.
He invented the breech-loading, center-fire needle gun rifle known as the Chassepot.
It was adopted by the French army in 1866 for which he received the Cross of the Légion d'honneur and a gratuity of 30,000 francs.