List of Famous people with last name Chezy

Helmina von Chézy

Wilhelmine Christiane von Klencke

First Name Helmina

Died on February 28, 1856

Born in Germany

Helmina von Chézy, née Wilhelmine Christiane von Klencke, was a German journalist, poet and playwright. She is known for writing the libretto for Carl Maria von Weber's opera Euryanthe (1823) and the play Rosamunde, for which Franz Schubert composed incidental music.

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Antoine-Léonard de Chézy

First Name Antoine-Léonard

Died on August 31, 1832

Born in France, Île-de-France

Antoine-Léonard de Chézy was a French orientalist, and one of a small group of the first scholars of Sanskrit.

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Max Chézy

First Name Max

Last Name Chézy

Born on January 25, 1808

Died on December 14, 1846 (aged 38)

Born in France, Île-de-France

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Wilhelm Chezy

First Name Wilhelm

Last Name Chezy

Died on March 14, 1865

Born in France, Île-de-France

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Antoine de Chézy

First Name Antoine

Last Name Chézy

Born on September 1, 1718

Died on October 5, 1798 (aged 80)

Born in France, Grand Est

Antoine de Chézy was a French hydraulics engineer. He is known for the Chézy formula, which concerned the velocity of pipe flow, and in modified form he used it for open channel flow as well. He died in 1798 after being director of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées for less than a year. His son was the orientalist Antoine-Léonard de Chézy.

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