Gaston Longchamps

Background

Gohierre de Longchamps was born on March 1, 1842, in Alençon.

Education

He studied at the École Normale Supérieure beginning in 1863, and began a career as a teacher beginning in 1866.

Career

He retired from the Lycée Saint-Louis, his final teaching position, in 1897, and died in Paris on July 9, 1906. The de Longchamps point of a triangle is named after him, for his 1886 study that identified this point.

Achievements

• He was the editor of the Journal de mathématiques élémentaires and an associated journal, the Journal de mathématiques spéciales, taking both journals over from their founder J. Bourget.

Membership

De Lonchamps was a member of many international scientific societies, and in 1892 became a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.