Charles-augustin de coulomb biography of rory

(b. Angouleme, France, 14 June 1736; d. Paris, France, 23 August 1806)

physics, applied mechanics.

One of the major figures in the history of physics and engineering, Coulomb’s main contributions were in the fields of electricity, magnetism, applied mechanics, friction studies, and torsion.

Charles-augustin de coulomb biography of rory and dean

His father, Henry, came from Montpellier, where the family was important in the legal and administrative history of Languedoc. His mother, Catherine Bajet, was related to the weathy de Sénac family. During Coulomb’s youth the family moved from Angoulême to Paris, where he attended lectures at the Collège Mazarin and the college de France.

An argument with his mother over career plans caused Coulomb to follow his father to Montpellier after the latter became penniless through financial speculations. Couloub joined the Société des Sciences de Montpellier as an adjoint member in March 1757 and read several papers in astronomy and mathematics there during the next