biography
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Belidor, Bernard Forest de
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pronunciation:
[belidaw(r)]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1698–1761)
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| biography:
| Engineer, born in Catalonia, N Spain. As professor of artillery at La Fère military academy, he wrote some of the best-known and most comprehensive engineering handbooks in pre-revolutionary France, covering military engineering (ballistics and fortifications) and civil engineering. His works influenced engineering practice for a century after their publication. |
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