Famous People with Name Antoine

Paul Gabriel Antoine            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Paul Gabriel Antoine: was a French Jesuit theologian. Antoine was born at Lunéville. At the age of fifteen he applied for admission into the Society of Jesus, and was received 9 October 1693. On the completion of his studies, he taught humanities for several years, first in Pont-à-Mousson, and then in Colmar. Returning to the former town, he occupied the chair of philosophy, and later that of theology, the first edition of his Dogmatic Theology appearing in 1723, and three years later his Moral Theology in three volumes. Afterwards he was rector of the College of Pont-à-Mousson, where he died in his sixty-fifth year.

Louis Antoine            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Louis Antoine: was a French mathematician who discovered Antoine's necklace, which J. W. Alexander used to construct Antoine's horned sphere. He lost his eyesight in the first World War, at the age of 29. Henri Lebesgue suggested that Antoine study two- and three-dimensional topology.

Guillaume François Antoine            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Guillaume François Antoine: was a French mathematician. His name is firmly associated with l'Hôpital's rule for calculating limits involving indeterminate forms 0/0 and 8/8. Although the rule did not originate with l'Hôpital, it appeared in print for the first time in his treatise on the infinitesimal calculus, entitled Analyse des Infiniment Petits pour l'Intelligence des Lignes Courbes.[2] This book was a first systematic exposition of differential calculus. Several editions and translations to other languages were published and it became a model for subsequent treatments of calculus.

Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Philippe-Louis-Marc-Antoine: was a French soldier, and politician of the Revolution. He was married to Anne Louise Marie de Beauvau known as Mademoiselle de Beauvau (1 April 1750 – 20 November 1834) only child of Charles Juste de Beauvau and Marie Charlotte de La Tour d'Auvergne (who in turn was a daughter of Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne and his last wife Louise Henriette Francoise de Lorraine).