Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (died 1839)

Gaspard de Prony

French mathematician and engineer (1755–1839)

Baron Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics. He was born at Chamelet, Beaujolais, France and died in Asnières-sur-Seine, France.