François-Napoléon-Marie Moigno

Abbé Moigno

François-Napoléon-Marie Moigno known as Abbé Moigno (b. at Guéméné, Morbihan, 15 April 1804; d. at Saint-Denis, Seine, 14 July 1884) was a French Jesuit physicist and author. He considered himself a student of Cauchy.

Life

He received his early education at the Jesuit college at Sainte-Anne d'Auray and entered the novitiate of the order 2 September 1822. He made his theological studies at Montrouge, devoting his leisure to mathematics and physics.

On the outbreak of the Revolution of 1830, he left with his fellow-Jesuits for Brieg in Switzerland. Here he acquired several languages, including Hebrew and Arabic. In 1836 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the college of Ste-Geneviève, Rue des Postes, in Paris. Here he became known not only as a scholar, but also as a preacher and writer. He wrote numerous articles for the press; he was engaged on one of his best known works, "Leçons de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral", based chiefly on Cauchy's methods, and had already published the first volume, when he left the Jesuit Order in 1843.

Shortly afterwards he undertook a tour of Europe, contributing numerous letters to the journal "L'Epoque". He acted as chaplain of the Lycée Louis-le-Grand from 1848 to 1851. He became scientific editor of the "Presse" in 1850 and of the "Pays" in 1851 and in 1852 founded the scientific journal "Cosmos". In 1862 he founded "Les Mondes" and became associated with the clergy of St-Germain des Prés. In 1873 he was appointed one of the canons of the chapter of Saint-Denis.

Works

Moigno was a prolific writer, an expositor of science rather than an original investigator. He also translated numerous English and Italian memoirs on science into French, and edited the "Actualités scientifiques".

Among his works are:

• "Répertoire d'optique moderne" (Paris, 1847–50);
• "Traité de télégraphie électrique" (Paris, 1849);
• "Leçons de mécanique analytique" (Paris, 1868);
• "Saccharimétrie" (Paris, 1869);
• "Optique moléculaire" (Paris, 1873);
• "Les splendeurs de la foi" (Paris, 1879–83);
• "Les livres saints et la science" (Paris, 1884), etc.,

and numerous articles in the "Comptes Rendus", "Revue Scientifique", "Cosmos", etc.

See Also

• List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics

References

Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). "François-Napoléon-Marie Moigno". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.  The entry cites:
  • Cosmos, 3rd series, VIII, 443.

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Date of birth	15 April 1804
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