Christophe Gadbled (17321782) was professor of mathematics and hydrography at the University of Caen Normandy.
Gadbled was born in Saint-Martin-le-Bouillant on 29 November 1732, and died in Caen on 11 October 1782. Robert Fox describes him as a "modern-minded mathematician", who had a particular influence on Pierre-Simon Laplace.
Selected works Exposé des quelques unes des vérités rigoureusement démontrées par les géomètres et rejetées par l'auteur du "Compendium de physique", Caen, 1775 Exercice sur la théorie de la navigation, Caen, 1779
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Further reading Annuaire du département de la Manche, p. 307, 1929 edition (Saint-Lô, imprimerie J. Elie)