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    Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (27 October 1708 – 27 February 1794) was a French architect and structural engineer known for his many stone arch bridges. His best-known...
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  • Jean Perronet may refer to: Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (1708-1794), French engineer Jean Maurice Perronet (1877–1950), French fencer This disambiguation page...
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    Boothby, English friend and late love of Samuel Johnson (d. 1756) Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French architect and structural engineer (d. 1794) November 7 William...
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  • scenes Edward Perronet (1721–1792), worked with John and Charles Wesley in England's 18th-century Christian revival Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (1708–1794),...
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    painting and took private lessons in architecture from architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet. Kościuszko did not give up on improving his military knowledge...
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  • to about half the span of the vault. It was only from 1750, with Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, that the thickness of the piers could be reduced. While it was...
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    The second was a 219m-long five-arched structure built in 1774 by Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, founder of the École des ponts et chaussées (a stone statue of...
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    for the architect Étienne-Louis Boullée and the civil engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, he became a Professor of Architecture at the École Polytechnique...
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  • Frederic Louis Norden, Danish explorer (died 1742) October 27 – Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French bridge engineer (died 1794) August 1 – Edward Tyson, English...
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    École royale des ponts et chaussées established in Paris under Jean-Rodolphe Perronet. June 24 – October 14 – The English ships Dobbs galley and California...
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    until 1794, was Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, engineer, civil service administrator and a contributor to the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert...
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  • Boothby, English friend and late love of Samuel Johnson (d. 1756) Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French architect and structural engineer (d. 1794) November 7 William...
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    allowed for an approximation of abutment calculations. In 1777, Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, the inaugural director of the National School of Bridges and Roads...
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    Telford, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Rennie. A key pioneer was Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, who used much narrower piers, revised calculation methods and exceptionally...
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    Furze Brettingham; they travelled via Paris, where they visited Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, and then went on to the Palace of Versailles on 29 March. They...
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    Léopold-Sédar-Senghor is the next bridge upstream. The architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet was commissioned in 1787 with this new bridge. It had been planned...
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    honors from the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées and worked closely with Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, the first director of the school. He contributed to a wide range...
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  • Friedrich Wolff, German physiologist (born 1733) February 27 – Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French bridge engineer (born 1708) March 29 – Marquis de Condorcet...
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  • Antoine-Augustin Parmentier statue, Neuilly-sur-Seine Memorial statue of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet Glory to the Job – Gloire au travail, 1890 The Return of the Swallows...
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  • Bentivoglio, Jean de Voglie entered the Corps of Bridges and Roads in France in 1742 and was appointed under-engineer to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet at Alençon...
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    lawyer at Parliament and director of the Saint-Louis glassworks, and Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, a Suresnes-born engineer who designed the Neuilly bridge and founded...
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    of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, which later became the École nationale des ponts et chaussées. He contributed to the Encyclopédie with Perronet and Jean-Baptiste...
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    died on March 10, 1763, after a long illness and was replaced by Jean-Rodolphe Perronet as a case of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées. In 1750, he drew...
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    Moulins (1756–1764), and Saumur (1756-1770). Notable architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet designed bridges with eleven centers during the latter half of the...
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  • Wilbury House in Wiltshire, designed by William Benson October 27 – Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, French architect and structural engineer (died 1794) May 11 – Jules...
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  • Florentino Pérez President of Grupo ACS, president of Real Madrid CF Jean-Rodolphe Perronet French architect and engineer Samuel Morton Peto Railways, harbours...
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    resulting fire destroyed the choir and transepts. The engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet rebuilt those parts of the church between 1745 and 1762, constructing...
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    206 meters long and has seven arches. It is the work of architect Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (1708–1794), whose best known works are the Pont de la Concorde...
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    Fontanka. The bridge was rebuilt in stone in 1788, presumably, by Jean-Rodolphe Perronet). In 1857 the dilapidated pillars were rebuilt by engineer Fyodor...
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    Parmentier in October 2023. It was replaced by a statue of the engineer, Jean-Rodolphe Perronet. Base Mérimée: IA00079694, Ministère français de la Culture. (in...
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