Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736
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1806
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Collège des Quatre-Nations, École royale du génie de Mézières
occupation: physicist, engineer, military officer, military engineer, military personnel, soldier
award received: 72 names on the Eiffel Tower
position held: president
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (, KOO-lom, -lohm, koo-LOM, -LOHM; French: [kulɔ̃]; 14 June 1736 – 23 August 1806) was a French officer, engineer, and physicist. He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. He also did important work on friction. The SI unit of electric charge, the coulomb, was named in his honor in 1880. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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