Brisson

Barnabé Brisson

Born: 11 Oct 1777 in Lyon, France
Died: 25 Sept 1828 in Nevers, France

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Brisson specialised in the design and construction of ship canals. He married Monge's niece and went on to edit the fourth edition of Monge's Géométrie descriptive adding two new chapters. His favourite topic was partial differential equations and two papers he submitted to the Academy were praised by Cauchy and influenced him in developing methods of functional calculus.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. N Nielsen, Géomètres francais sous la Révolution (Paris, 1937), 37-38, 83-84. 
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