Nicolas-Jacques Conté
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 219 years ago |
Date of birth | August 4,1755 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Aunou-sur-Orne |
France | |
Date of died | December 6,1805 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Nationality | French |
Job | Inventor |
Painter | |
Polymath | |
Army officer | |
Balloonist | |
Invent | Pencil |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2042062 |
Nicolas-Jacques Conté Life story
Nicolas-Jacques Conté was a French painter, balloonist, army officer, and inventor of the modern pencil. He was born at Saint-Céneri-près-Sées in Normandy and distinguished himself for his mechanical genius, which was of great avail to the French army in Egypt.