Jean-Baptiste Eug Ne Estienne (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jean Baptiste Eug ne Estienne (7 November 1860, Les Hauts-de-Ch e, Meuse - 2 April 1936) was a general of artillery and a specialist in military engineering, one of the founders of modern French artillery and French military aviation; and the creator of the French tank arm. He is considered by many in France to be the P re des Chars (Father of the Tank). Estienne was born at Cond en Barrois in the Meuse valley. He was admitted to the cole Polytechnique (the French Military Academy) at the age of nineteen. He graduated 131st of his year in 1882, the same year he won first prize in the national mathematics competition. He would for the rest of his life be interested in mathematical and philosophical problems, but his real passion was Greek Antiquity.