Etienne Nicolas de Calon

Etienne-Nicolas de Calon (October 3rd, 1726 with Grandvilliers (Oise) - June 4th, 1807 in Paris) was an officer of the genius, cartographer, politician and Général.

Elected official appointed with the legislative Parliament in 1791, elected with the Convention by the Department of Oise in 1792.

His wife, Anne-Henriette Calon will become the mistress of the abbot Claude Fauchet with whom it will have a son.

Engineer geographer on May 9th, 1750, employee with the army of Germany on April 15th, 1760.

Obtained the rank of lieutenant of the genius in 1763, sent to Saint-Domingue.

Employee with the lifting of the chart of the surroundings of Versailles in 1767. Captain of infantry in 1769. Charged with raising the chart of the coasts of the Ocean in 1777. Attache with the state major of the army of Brittany in 1778.

Knight of St-Louis on November 20th, 1785.

Deputy of Oise in 1791 and appointed with the national Convention in 1792 among the Mountain and vote the death of the king.

Managing director of the deposit of the charts and plans which it organized in 1793. Brigadier general on September 7th, 1793. The FIT to attach the Minors to the genius of the fortified towns and reorganized the body of the engineers geographers. With the army of the Rhine in 1799.

Admitted with the retirement on August 21st, 1801.

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