Jean-Baptiste de Voglie (1723/24 – October 1777), born Jean Bentivoglio was an eminent Italian road and bridge engineer.
Career
Descended from the
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
branch of the
Bentivoglio Bentivoglio may refer to:
* Bentivoglio (surname)
*House of Bentivoglio
*Bentivoglio, Emilia-Romagna
Bentivoglio ( Northern Bolognese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna ...
, Jean de Voglie entered the
Corps of Bridges and Roads in France in 1742 and was appointed under-engineer to
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (27 October 1708 – 27 February 1794) was a French architect and structural engineer, known for his many stone arch bridges. His best known work is the Pont de la Concorde (1787).
Early life
Perronet was born in Suresne ...
at
Alençon
Alençon (, , ; nrf, Alençoun) is a commune in Normandy, France, capital of the Orne department. It is situated west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon (with 52,000 people).
History
The name of Alençon is firs ...
. He was made inspector-general in 1773. He was placed in charge of construction of the bridge at
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...
was given to him on the death of
Mathieu Bayeux (born 1723).
De Voglie designed and built the bridge at
Saumur
Saumur () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
The town is located between the Loire and Thouet rivers, and is surrounded by the vineyards of Saumur itself, Chinon, Bourgueil, Coteaux du Layon, etc.. Saumur statio ...
, though for an unknown reason this bears the name of his collaborator
Louis-Alexandre de Cessart
Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (25 August 1719, Paris – 12 April 1806, Rouen) was a French road and bridge engineer.
He served in the "gendarmerie de la Maison du Roi", fighting at the battles of Fontenoy and Raucoux in 1745 and 1746. In 1747 he ...
.
Perronet's designated successor as first engineer and director, de Voglie died prematurely of illness before he could succeed him. The architect
François-Michel Lecreulx (1729–1812) (de Voglie's longtime boss at Saumur) said of him that "No one possessed a great spirit of conciliation in business than he did; no one was more intelligent in combining under all the faces nor more proper in seizing the convenient moment for his success. He brought together indefatigable activity with a singular facility for its use."
De Voglie wrote an article on bridge construction for
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a promine ...
's and
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (; ; 16 November 1717 – 29 October 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. Until 1759 he was, together with Denis Diderot, a co-editor of the ''Encyclopédie ...
's ''
'', and they also relied on his memory for the volumes on planks.
Kafker, Frank A.: ''Notices sur les auteurs des 17 volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin).'' Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 p. 119
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References
* ''Mémoires de la Société archéologique de l’Orléanais'', Orléans, H. Herluison, t. 29, 1905, p. 462-3.
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1723 births
1777 deaths
Bridge engineers
Italian engineers
French engineers
Year of birth uncertain
Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)
18th-century French male writers