Michel Chasles

1793 - 1880

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Chasles worked on algebraic and projective geometry. He wrote Aperçu historique sur l'origine et le développement des méthodes en géométrie (1837) which is still an important historical reference.
Full MacTutor biography [Version for printing]
List of References (5 books/articles)

A Quotation

Mathematicians born in the same country

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Additional Material in MacTutor

  1. Chasles and Forgery
  2. A comment from Thomas Hirst's diary

Honours awarded to Michel Chasles
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Fellow of the Royal Society1854
Royal Society Copley Medal1865
LMS Honorary Member1867
Paris street namesRue Michel Chasles (12th Arrondissement)
Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower

Other Web sites
  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  1. Mathematical Genealogy Project
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