Summary

Portrait medal of Gaspard Monge (1746-1818) by Gatteaux. One of the Galerie Metallique des Grand Hommes Francais series. Minted in Paris, 1822.

Obverse Description

Bust facing left; around, GASPARD MONGE; below in smaller lettering the artist's name, E. GATTEAUX

Reverse Description

Legend in eight lines: NE / A BEAUNE / EN M.DCC.XLVI. / MORT / EN M.DCCC.XVIII / GALERIE METALLIQUE / DES GRAND HOMMES FRANCAIS. / 1822.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse was French mathematician. He invented descriptive geometry, the study of the mathematical principles of representing three-dimensional objects in a two-dimensional plane which is now part of mechanical and architectural drawing. Prominent during the French Revolution and helping to establish the metric system. He was made a count in 1808 by Napoleon I.

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