List of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower

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The location of the names on the tower

On the Eiffel Tower, seventy-two names of French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians are engraved in recognition of their contributions.[1] Gustave Eiffel chose this "invocation of science" because of his concern over the protests against the tower.[2] The engravings are found on the sides of the tower under the first balcony. The engraving was painted over at the beginning of the twentieth century and restored in 1986–1987 by Société Nouvelle d'exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, a company contracted to operate business related to the Tower. The Tower is owned by the city of Paris. The letters were originally painted in gold and are about 60 cm high. The repainting of 2010/2011 restored the letters to their original gold colour.

List

Location

The list is split in four parts (for each side of the tower). The sides have been named after the parts of Paris that each side faces:

  • The North-East side (also known as La Bourdonnais side, La Bourdonnais is a part of Paris)
  • The South-West side (also known as the Grenelle side)
  • The North West side (also known as the Trocadéro side)

Names

In the table below are all the names on the four sides.

Name appearing Full name Occupation Location Portrait
SEGUIN Marc Seguin engineer
NW01
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LALANDE Jérôme Lalande astronomer
NW02
Jérôme Lalande.jpg
TRESCA Henri Tresca engineer and mechanic
NW03
Henri Tresca.JPG
PONCELET Jean-Victor Poncelet geometer
NW04
Jean-Victor Poncelet.jpg
BRESSE Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse civil engineer and hydraulic engineer
NW05
JAC BRESSE.jpg
LAGRANGE Joseph-Louis Lagrange mathematician
NW06
Joseph-Louis Lagrange.jpeg
BELANGER Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger mathematician and hydraulic engineer
NW07
Jean-Baptiste Bélanger.png
CUVIER Georges Cuvier naturalist
NW08
Georges Cuvier large.jpg
LAPLACE Pierre-Simon Laplace mathematician and astronomer
NW09
Pierre-Simon Laplace.jpg
DULONG Pierre Louis Dulong physicist and chemist
NW10
Pierre Louis Dulong.jpg
CHASLES Michel Chasles geometer
NW11
Michel Chasles.jpg
LAVOISIER Antoine Lavoisier chemist
NW12
Antoine lavoisier.jpg
AMPERE André-Marie Ampère mathematician and physicist
NW13
Ampere1.jpg
CHEVREUL Michel Eugène Chevreul chemist
NW14
Michel Eugène Chevreul.jpg
FLACHAT Eugène Flachat engineer
NW15
Flachat.png
NAVIER Claude-Louis Marie Henri Navier mathematician
NW16
Claude-Louis Navier.jpg
LEGENDRE Adrien-Marie Legendre mathematician
NW17
Legendre.jpg
CHAPTAL Jean-Antoine Chaptal agronomist and chemist
NW18
Jean-Antoine Chaptal 1.jpg
JAMIN Jules Jamin physicist
SW01
Jules Celestin Jamin.jpg
GAY-LUSSAC Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac chemist
SW02
Gaylussac.jpg
FIZEAU Hippolyte Fizeau physicist
SW03
Hippolyte Fizeau.jpg
SCHNEIDER Eugène Schneider industrialist
SW04
Schneider, Eugène.jpg
LE CHATELIER Louis Le Chatelier engineer
SW05
Louis Le Chatelier.jpg
BERTHIER Pierre Berthier mineralogist
SW06
Pierre Berthier.jpg
BARRAL Jean-Augustin Barral agronomist, chemist, physicist
SW07
Barral.png
DE DION Henri de Dion engineer
SW08
GOUIN Ernest Goüin engineer and industrialist
SW09
Ernest Gouin.jpg
JOUSSELIN Louis Didier Jousselin engineer
SW10
BROCA Paul Broca physician and anthropologist
SW11
Paul Broca.jpg
BECQUEREL Antoine César Becquerel physicist
SW12
Antoine Becquerel 2.jpg
CORIOLIS Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis engineer and scientist
SW13
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis.jpg
CAIL Jean-François Cail industrialist
SW14
Jean Francois Cail.jpg
TRIGER Jacques Triger engineer
SW15
Jules Triger.jpg
GIFFARD Henri Giffard engineer
SW16
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PERRIER François Perrier geographer and mathematician
SW17
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STURM Jacques Charles François Sturm mathematician
SW18
Charles Sturm.jpeg
CAUCHY Augustin-Louis Cauchy mathematician
SE01
Cauchy Augustin Louis dibner coll SIL14-C2-03a.jpg
BELGRAND Eugène Belgrand engineer
SE02
Eugène Belgrand.jpg
REGNAULT Henri Victor Regnault chemist and physicist
SE03
Henri Victor Regnault.jpg
FRESNEL Augustin-Jean Fresnel physicist
SE04
Augustin Fresnel.jpg
DE PRONY Gaspard de Prony engineer
SE05
Gaspard de Prony.jpg
VICAT Louis Vicat engineer
SE06
LouisVicatJ.JPG
EBELMEN Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen chemist
SE07
Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen.jpg
COULOMB Charles-Augustin de Coulomb physicist
SE08
Coulomb.jpg
POINSOT Louis Poinsot mathematician
SE09
Pointsot2.jpg
FOUCAULT Léon Foucault physicist
SE10
Foucault.jpg
DELAUNAY Charles-Eugène Delaunay astronomer
SE11
Charles Eugene Delaunay.jpeg
MORIN Arthur Morin mathematician and physicist
SE12
Morin.png
HAUY René Just Haüy mineralogist
SE13
Rene just hauy.jpg
COMBES Charles Combes engineer and metallurgist
SE14
CPM Combes.jpg
THENARD Louis Jacques Thénard chemist
SE15
Louis Jacques Thénard.jpg
ARAGO François Arago astronomer and physicist
SE16
François Arago.jpg
POISSON Siméon Denis Poisson mathematician and physicist
SE17
SiméonDenisPoisson.jpg
MONGE Gaspard Monge geometer
SE18
Gaspard Monge.jpg
PETIET Jules Petiet engineer
NE01
Jules Petiet.png
DAGUERRE Louis Daguerre artist and chemist
NE02
Jean-Babtiste Sabarier-Blot L.J.M.Daguerre.1844.JPG
WURTZ Charles-Adolphe Wurtz chemist
NE03
Wurtz Charles-Adolphe.jpg
LE VERRIER Urbain Le Verrier astronomer
NE04
Urbain Le Verrier.jpg
PERDONNET Albert Auguste Perdonnet engineer
NE05
Auguste Perdonnet.png
DELAMBRE Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre astronomer
NE06
Delambre Jean Baptiste Joseph Dibner coll smithsonian SIL14-D2-17a.jpg
MALUS Étienne-Louis Malus physicist
NE07
Etienne-Louis Malus.jpg
BREGUET Louis Breguet physicist and inventor
NE08
Louis Breguet.jpg
POLONCEAU Camille Polonceau engineer
NE09
DUMAS Jean-Baptiste Dumas chemist
NE10
Jean Baptiste André Dumas.jpg
CLAPEYRON Émile Clapeyron engineer and physicist
NE11
Benoit Clapeyron.png
BORDA Jean-Charles de Borda mathematician
NE12
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FOURIER Joseph Fourier mathematician
NE13
Joseph Fourier.jpg
BICHAT Marie François Xavier Bichat anatomist and physiologist
NE14
Marie François Xavier Bichat.jpg
SAUVAGE François Clément Sauvage engineer and geologist
NE15
Frederic Sauvage.JPG
PELOUZE Théophile-Jules Pelouze chemist
NE16
Théophile-Jules Pelouze.jpg
CARNOT Lazare Carnot[3] mathematician
NE17
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LAME Gabriel Lamé mathematician
NE18
Gabriel-Lamé.jpeg

Criticism

Women

The list contains no women. The list has been criticized for excluding the name of Sophie Germain, a noted French mathematician whose work on the theory of elasticity was used in the construction of the tower itself.[4] In 1913 John Augustine Zahm suggested that Germain was excluded because she was a woman.[5]

Hydraulic engineers and scholars

14 hydraulic engineers and scholars are listed on the Eiffel Tower. Eiffel acknowledged most of the leading scientists in the field. Henri Philibert Gaspard Darcy is missing; some of his work did not come into wide use until the 20th century. Also missing are Antoine Chézy, who was less famous, and Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, who was early in his career at the time.[6]

Notes and references

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Further reading

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External links

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