Lazare Nicolas Marguerit Carnot
1753-1823
French military engineer who is known in France as the military genius of the French Revolution (1787-99). Carnot also made significant contributions to mathe...
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Lazare Nicolas Marguérite Carnot
1753-1823
French mathematician and military engineer who headed the Army of the North during the French Revolution, thus acquiring the nickname "organizer ...
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The French military engineer, soldier, and statesman Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823) refashioned the French Revolutionary armies into an effective fighting force. For his invaluable servi...
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