Biographical Information
| Name: | Louis-Alexandre de Cessart |
|---|---|
| Born in | 1719 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, Europe |
| Deceased on | 12 April 1806 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime (76), Normandy, France, Europe |
| 1745 | Battle of Fontenoy |
| 1746 | Battle of Rocoux |
| 1747 | Enters the Ecole des ponts et chaussées |
| 1751 | Sous-ingénieur at the Généralité in Tours |
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Biography from Wikipedia
Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (25 August 1719, Paris – 12 April 1806, Rouen) was a French road and bridge engineer.
He served in the "gendarmerie de la Maison du Roi", fighting at the battles of Fontenoy and Raucoux in 1745 and 1746. In 1747 he entered the school of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, which later became the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. He contributed to the Encyclopédie with Perronet and Jean-Baptiste de Voglie. He was made under-engineer of the generality of Tours in 1751.
Notably, it was he who conceived several bridges over the River Loire, along with the Pont des Arts over the Seine in Paris, the first dike project at Cherbourg, and several quays at ports in north-west France.
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Relevant Websites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): 250 ans de l'Ecole des Ponts en cent portraits. Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France), pp. 222.
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 114.
- (1998): Faszination Brücken. Baukunst - Technik - Geschichte. 1st edition, Callwey, Munich (Germany), pp. 156-161.
- (1990): Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles. 1st edition, Picard Editeur, Paris (France), pp. 305-306.
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