Pierre-Dominique Bazaine

Pierre-Dominique Bazaine
Lt Gen Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (1786-1838)
Born(1786-01-13)13 January 1786
Died29 September 1838(1838-09-29) (aged 52)
Nationality French [Residence:  Russian Empire]
Citizenship France
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
Known forCanals, bridges and flood defences in St.Petersburg, Russia, esp First Engineer Bridge which was named after him
AwardsOrder of St.Vladimir
Grand Cross of Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Legion of Honour - Commander
Prussian Order of the Red Eagle (1st Class)
Polish Order of the White Eagle
Honorary fellow of St Petersburg Academy
Honorary Fellow or Foreign Member of the Science Academies of Turin, Munich, Stockholm and St Petersburg.
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician and engineer
InstitutionsFrench Army
Notes
His elder son Pierre-Dominique was also a Civil Engineer and his younger son Achille became a Marshal of France.

Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (Пётр Петрович Базен) (1786–1838) was a French scientist and engineer.