Christophe Gadbled
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Christophe Gadbled (1732–1782) was professor of mathematics and hydrography at the University of Caen Normandy.[1][2]
Gadbled was born in Saint-Martin-le-Bouillant on 29 November 1732, and died in Caen on 11 October 1782.[1] Robert Fox describes him as a "modern-minded mathematician",[3] who had a particular influence on Pierre-Simon Laplace.[1][3]