Guillaume Le Blond
Guillaume Le Blond (b. 1704 in Paris; † 1781) was a French mathematician, military theorist, and encyclopedist.
Eléments de fortification, 1752
Life and work
He was a teacher of mathematics and secretary to the Victoire de France (1733-1799). He exercised his professorship of mathematics at the École des pages de la Grande Écurie du roi in Versailles in 1736.[1] Although he was not personally a military man, he wrote a large number of military-related works, such as on mathematical principles for officers, on fortress construction, treatises on battle orders, and the like.[2]
Works (selection)
- L’artillerie raisonnée contenant la déscription et l’usage des différentes bouches à feu … la théorie et la pratique des mines et du jet des bombes. Jombert, Paris (1761)
- Traité de l’attaque des places. Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Paris (1762)
- Élémens de fortification. Paris (1775)
Literature
- Janis Langins: Conserving the Enlightenment: French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution. MIT Press, Cambridge (2004) ISBN 0-2621-2258-8
Web links
Wikisource: Guillaume Le Blond– Sources and full texts (french)
Individual references
- ↑ Theo Stammen and Wolfgang E. J. Weber (eds.): knowledge preservation, knowledge ordering and knowledge processing: the European model of encyclopaedias. Oldenbourg Akademieverlag (2004) ISBN 3-0500-3776-8 pp. 374
- ↑ Frank A. Kafker: Notices sur les auteurs des dix-sept volumes de ” discours ” de l’ Encyclopédie. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l’Encyclopédie Année (1989) Volume 7 Numéro 7 p. 150
| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Le Blond, Guillaume |
| ALTERNATE NAMES | Leblond, Guillaume |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | french mathematician, encyclopedist and military theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1704 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| STERBEDATUM | 1781 |
Categories
- French
- Mathematician (18th century)
- Military historian
- Encyclopaedist (Encyclopédie)
- Born 1704
- Died 1781
- Man