MATHEMATICIAN

Gaspard Monge

1746 - 1818

Photo of Gaspard Monge

Icon of person Gaspard Monge

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (French pronunciation: [ɡaspaʁ mɔ̃ʒ kɔ̃t də pelyz]; 9 May 1746 – 28 July 1818) was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, (the mathematical basis of) technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry. During the French Revolution he served as the Minister of the Marine, and was involved in the reform of the French educational system, helping to found the École Polytechnique. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaspard Monge is the 70th most popular mathematician (down from 57th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from France (down from 401st in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Mathematician.

Gaspard Monge is most famous for his work on differential geometry and his invention of descriptive geometry.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Gaspard Monge by language

Loading...

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gaspard Monge ranks 70 out of 1,004. Before him are Girard Desargues, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Richard Dedekind, Johann Heinrich Lambert, Hermann Minkowski, and Andrey Kolmogorov. After him are Norbert Wiener, Giuseppe Peano, Stanislaw Ulam, Siméon Denis Poisson, Bhāskara II, and Regiomontanus.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Gaspard Monge ranks 7. Before him are Francisco Goya, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Gustav III of Sweden, Carlo Buonaparte, Tadeusz Kościuszko, and Giuseppe Piazzi. After him are Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Robert R. Livingston, Maurice Benyovszky, William Jones, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and Giovanni Battista Venturi. Among people deceased in 1818, Gaspard Monge ranks 3. Before him are Charles XIII of Sweden, and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Matthew Lewis, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Abigail Adams, and Heinrich Füger.

Others Born in 1746

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1818

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Gaspard Monge ranks 468 out of 6,770. Before him are Livilla (-13), Jean Monnet (1888), Alexis Carrel (1873), Paul Éluard (1895), Jean Fouquet (1420), and Étienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714). After him are Louis III of France (863), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), François-Noël Babeuf (1760), Lazare Carnot (1753), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), and Jean-François Lyotard (1924).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Gaspard Monge ranks 18. Before him are Abraham de Moivre (1667), Sophie Germain (1776), Marin Mersenne (1588), Émilie du Châtelet (1706), Girard Desargues (1591), and Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728). After him are Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661), Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), Émile Picard (1856), Alexis Clairaut (1713), and Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698).

French born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous