Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

Alexandre -Théodore Brongniart (* February 15, 1739 in Paris, † June 6, 1813 in Paris) was a French architect.

Life

Théodore Brongniart Ignace (1707-1765) was married to a pharmacist by trade and with Louise Geneviève de Fourcroy (1701-1775) since 1737; her two sons were Alexandre -Théodore Brongniart and his younger brother Antoine Louis Brongniart ( 1742-1804 ).

Alexandre -Théodore Brongniart was married to Louise Anne Degrémont (1741-1829) and both had a daughter Louise Alexandrine Emilie Brongniart (1780-1847) and a son Alexandre Brongniart ( 1770-1847 ).

As a student of Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782), he became his successor and led the construction of the Paris Ecole Militaire away (military school). In 1781 he was admitted to the Académie Royale d'Architecture.

Services

In this work he provided the designs for the design of avenues surrounding the Military School and the Invalides home. He created the Capuchin monastery of St. Louis d' Antin (now the Lycée Condorcet ) in Paris and drew the plans for the building of the Paris Stock Exchange (1808 ), which was later named after him. Alexandre -Théodore Brongniart is also known for the construction of numerous Parisian residences and the design of the Pere Lachaise cemetery (1808 ), on which he was buried in 1813.