Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Portrait by Hippolyte Lecomte (1894 copy)
Born	(1736-06-14)14 June 1736 Angoulême, Angoumois, France
Died	23 August 1806(1806-08-23) (aged 70) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École royale du génie de Mézières
Known for	Torsion balance Coulomb's law Coulomb friction Coulomb damping Mohr–Coulomb theory

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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (/ˈkuːlɒm, -loʊm, kuːˈlɒm, -ˈloʊm/ KOO-lom, -⁠lohm, koo-LOM, -⁠LOHM; French: [kulɔ̃]; 14 June 1736 – 23 August 1806) was a French officer, engineer, and physicist. He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion. He also did important work on friction, and his work on earth pressure formed the basis for the later development of much of the science of soil mechanics.

The SI unit of electric charge, the coulomb, was named in his honor in 1880.