Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1842

Place of Birth: Alençon, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1906

Profession: mathematician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps

  • Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps (1 March 1842 – 9 July 1906) was a French mathematician.Gohierre de Longchamps was born on 1 March 1842 in Alençon.
  • He studied at the École Normale SupĂ©rieure beginning in 1863, and began a career as a teacher beginning in 1866.
  • He retired from the LycĂ©e Saint-Louis, his final teaching position, in 1897, and died in Paris on 9 July 1906.De Lonchamps was a member of many international scientific societies, and in 1892 became a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
  • He was the editor of the Journal de mathĂ©matiques Ă©lĂ©mentaires and an associated journal, the Journal de mathĂ©matiques spĂ©ciales, taking both journals over from their founder J.
  • Bourget.
  • The de Longchamps point of a triangle is named after him, for his 1886 study that identified this point.

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