MONGE, GASPARD, COMTE (COUNT) DE PLUSE

born May 10, 1746, Beaune, Fr. died July 28, 1818, Paris French mathematician who invented descriptive geometry and pioneered the development of analytical geometry, both of which have since become part of projective geometry. He was a prominent figure during the French Revolution, helping to establish the metric system and the cole Polytechnique. He was made a count in 1808 by Napoleon I.