Charles Ragon de Bange, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Ragon de Bange

French Army officer

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1833

Place of Birth: Balignicourt, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1914

Profession: combat engineer, military officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles Ragon de Bange (1833–1914) was a French artillery officer and Polytechnician.
He invented the first effective obturator system for breech-loading artillery, which remains in use.
He also designed a system of field guns of various calibers which served the French Army well into World War I: the Système de Bange.



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