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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1786-04-20 ) 20 April 1786, Annonay
- Died
- 24 February 1875 (1875-02-24) (aged 88), Annonay
- Alma mater
- Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
- Known for
- suspension bridge , tubular steam-engine boiler
- Fields
- Inventor, Engineer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marc
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Annonay
- Educated at
- Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Seguin.jpg
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- Commons category
- Marc Seguin
- date of birth
- 1786-04-20
- date of death
- 1875-02-24
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Marc Seguin
- relative
- Louis Seguin
- place of burial
- Annonay
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Encyclopedic overview
Marc Seguin (20 April 1786 – 24 February 1875) was a French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge and the multi-tubular steam-engine boiler.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marc Seguin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.