physicist | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2008), Fellow of the American Physical Society (2019), Faculty Early Career
Gaspard de Prony
- Chamelet: July 22, 1755 celebration
- Asnières-sur-Seine: July 29, 1839 celebration


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Gaspard de Prony -
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France -
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Gaspard de Prony -
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Gaspard-Clair-François-Marie Riche de Prony -
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celebration Date of birth
Chamelet: July 22, 1755 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Asnières-sur-Seine: July 29, 1839 -
language Official Website
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engineering Field of Work
- mathematics
- physics
- bridge
- road
- technique
- construction industry
- translation into French
- translation from English
- discoveries and inventions
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school Education
- École des Ponts ParisTech
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trophy Awards & Honors
- Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel (1816)
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1818)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (1833)
- 72 names on the Eiffel Tower
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- De Prony brake
- Prony equation
- Prony's method
- French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics (1755-1839) | Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel (1816), Foreign Member of the Royal Society