Théodose Du Moncel

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Théodore Achille Louis du Moncel (6 March 1821, Paris -16 February 1884, Paris) was a prominent French advocate of the use of electricity. He invented many electrical devices and wrote several books.

He also worked as a popularizer of knowledge on electricity.

In 1879, he founded the journal La lumière électrique.

He is one of the founders of the Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques of Cherbourg.

He was conseiller général of the Manche département (1861-1870) (Canton of Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Ouest).

He was member of the French Academy of Sciences.

Personal life

He married 28 November 1849 to Camille Bachasson de Montalivet (born 1 September 1832, deceased 1887). They had one daughter, Amélie du Moncel (1851-1909), who married Georges Dursus, comte de Courcy (born 1838), and they had two children:

  • Yvan Dursus de Courcy (born 1873), who married Mathilde Buffenoir
    • Charles Dursus de Courcy
    • Camille Dursus de Courcy
    • Hervé Dursus de Courcy
  • Hervé Dursus de Courcy (born 1876)

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