Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse as French civil engineer (1822-1883).
Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse was born at Vienne in 1822. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at École polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse is described as civil engineer, mathematician and university teacher.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Knight of the Legion of Honour (1856) and Officer of the Legion of Honour (1880).
Working from France shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Death came in 1883, at 61. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1856
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 1880
- Educated at École polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Worked as civil engineer, mathematician and university teacher
