# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-poinsot
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:23:42.160Z

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name: "Louis Poinsot"
slug: "louis-poinsot"
description: "Louis Poinsot was a French mathematician and physicist. Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, showing how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple."
tagline: "French mathematician and physicist (1777-1859)"
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country:
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  isoCode: "FR"
category:
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birthDate: "1777-01-03"
deathDate: "1859-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump