Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 – 1806 · aged 70
French physicist (1736-1806)
- Born
- 14 Jun 1736 · Angoulême
- Died
- 23 Aug 1806 · Paris
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- 14 Jun 1736BornBorn in Angoulême
- 1801RolePresident of the French Academy of Sciences
- 23 Aug 1806DiedDied in Paris
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb ( KOO-lom, -lohm, koo-LOM, -LOHM; French: [kulɔ̃]; 14 June 1736 – 23 August 1806) was a French officer, engineer, and physicist. He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. He also did important work on friction, and his work on earth pressure formed the basis for the later development of much of the science of soil mechanics.
The SI unit of electric charge, the coulomb, was named in his honor in 1880.
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