Pierre Ossian Bonnet

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Pierre Ossian Bonnet
Born	(1819-12-22)22 December 1819 Montpellier
Died	22 June 1892(1892-06-22) (aged 72) Paris
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Polytechnique École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Known for	Bonnet family Bonnet theorem Bonnet's recursion formula Bonnet–Myers theorem Gauss–Bonnet theorem
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics

Pierre Ossian Bonnet (French: [bɔnɛ]; 22 December 1819, Montpellier – 22 June 1892, Paris) was a French mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, including the Gauss–Bonnet theorem.