Jacques Alexandre César Charles Biography

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NAME: Jacques Alexandre César Charles
OCCUPATION: Mathematician, Inventor, Physicist, Academic Author
BIRTH DATE: November 12, 1746
DEATH DATE: April 07, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH: Beaugency, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Full Name: Jacques Alexandre César Charles
AKA: Jacques Alexandre César
AKA: Jacques César

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Jacques Alexandre César Charles was a French scientist and inventor who, along with Nicholas Robert, was the first to take flight in a hydrogen balloon.

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Born on November 12, 1746, in Beaugency, France, Jacques Alexandre César Charles worked in finance before taking up aeronautics. He worked with the Robert brothers to develop the first hydrogen balloon in 1783, also becoming the first to ascend in that mode of transport. Charles was an inventor as well, teaching at the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. He died on April 7, 1823, in Paris, France.