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Jun 10, 1633 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 03 Jun 1688 (aged 54)
French engineer
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About François Andréossy
- François Andréossy (1633–1688) was a French engineer, cartographer, and a citizen of Narbonne.
- He was born in Paris on 10 June 1633.
- After completing his engineering studies in Paris, Andréossy went to Italy in 1660 to study Italian canal technology in Lombardy and Padua.
- He returned from the trip and sought out Pierre-Paul Riquet as a patron.
- Riquet was beginning his investigation into the possibility of building a canal across southern France from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
- Andréossy supplied the technical expertise that Riquet lacked and became Riquet's right-hand man throughout the construction of the canal.He was also responsible for the levelling and the drawing of maps.
- He monitored the construction and assisted Riquet until Riquet's death.
- Andréossy continued to work at the canal and serve the family of Riquet until he died in Castelnaudary on 3 June 1688.Andréossy's descendants continued like him for a century.
- His great-grandson, the general Antoine-François Andréossy, argued in his Histoire du Canal du Midi that his ancestor should be considered the father of the Canal du Midi, instead of Riquet.
