Gaspard Monge

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry.

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Who was born first?

• Gaspard Monge and Giuseppe Piazzi were born the same year
• Gaspard Monge and Giovanni Battista Venturi were born the same year
• Gaspard Monge and Benjamin Rush were born the same year
• Gaspard Monge was born 1 year after Johan Gottlieb Gahn
• Gaspard Monge was born 1 year after Caspar Wessel

Timeline

1. Caspar WesselJune 8, 1745 – March 25, 1818
2. Johan Gottlieb GahnAugust 19, 1745 – December 8, 1818
3. Benjamin RushJanuary 4, 1746 – April 19, 1813
4. Gaspard Monge (this page)May 9, 1746 – July 28, 1818
5. Giovanni Battista VenturiSeptember 11, 1746 – September 10, 1822
6. Giuseppe PiazziJuly 16, 1746 – July 22, 1826

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