Pierre Alexandre Joseph Allent

The knight Pierre Alexandre Joseph Allent , born the August 9th 1772 with Saint-Omer and dead the July 5th 1837 with Paris, is a Général French.

Biography

Pierre Alexandre Joseph Allent took share with the wars of the Revolution and the Empire. He began in the military career like volunteer gunner in a regiment from the Pas-de-Calais and was used with the bombardment as Lille in October 1792. He was assistant of king Joseph to defend Paris in 1814, as Head of State major of the National guard of Paris, and became the same year Head of State major of the National guards of the Kingdom, then Conseiller State, deputy of Pas-de-Calais, general inspector of the National guards He was named Pair of France in 1832.

Titles, decorations, honors

Knight of the Order of Saint-Louis on January 6th, 1815
Commander of the Legion of honor on May 22nd, 1825

Works

Pierre Alexandre Joseph Allent is the author of a Histoire of the imperial body of the genius of which only the first part, " Since the origin of the modern fortification until the end of the reign of Louis XIV" , was published in 1805 (in Paris, at Magimel). This book, very required, comprises, in particular a remarkable study on Vauban (p. 45 to 526, and appendix, p. 693-719).

Complete title: History of the Imperial Body of the Genius, the seats and work which it directed, and of the changes that the attack, defense, the construction and the administration of the fortresses received in France, since the origin of the new fortification until our days. 1st part: Since the origin of the modern fortification until the end of the reign of Louis XIV .

He is also the author of the State of the Officers of the Weapon of the Genius . Year XII. In Paris, Printing works of Valade, Shelly Street.

This State of the Officers of the Genious , published anonymously in year XII (i.e. 1803 or 1804), undoubtedly with very small number (more still on vellum paper), is, as the Opinion indicates it to the back of the half title " extracted the History of the Body of the Genius, works of more than extent, which will develop all that one could only indicate in this abrégé." Ex-dono on a white guard of J. Boulatignier with E. David, with a long note of the giver, dated 1868: " The historical precis on the bodies of the genius is due to Mr. Allent, one of the men who the most honoured the Council of State by the extent and the variety with his knowledge. " (in all 10 lines). S. Joseph Boulatignier, born in 1805, Master of the requests to the Council of State, is the author, with the baron J.Marie de Gérando (in addition biographer of P.A.J. Allent), of Institutes of Administrative law, published in 1842.

He is also the author of a Report on the meeting of Artillery and the Genius, addressed to the first Consul of the French Republic.

In Paris, At Duprat, year IX-1800, 1800. in-8, VII-73 pp. Mémoire writes at the time of the reorganization of the school of Wall where will be joined together the schools of applications of the Genius and Artillery in 1802 and of the whole of the body of the Genius and the Bridges and Chaussées. Quérard indicates to us that the author signed only the letter and the specimen addressed to the first Consul; Allent shows that in spite of the relationship between the two weapons, there are no reasons necessary to join together the exercise of it. Napoleon will give up the project of meeting of the two bodies.

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