Antoine de Chézy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antoine de Chézy

French engineer

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1718

Place of Birth: Châlons-en-Champagne, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 05-Oct-1798

Profession: engineer, mathematician, civil engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Antoine de Chézy

  • Antoine de Chézy (1 September 1718, in Châlons-en-Champagne – 5 October 1798, Paris) was a French hydraulics engineer.
  • He is known for the Chézy formula, which concerned the velocity of pipe flow, and in modified form he used it for open channel flow as well.
  • He died in 1798 after being director of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées for less than a year.
  • His son was the orientalist Antoine-Léonard de Chézy.

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