François Clément Sauvage

François Clément Sauvage ( born April 4, 1814 Sedan, † November 11, 1872 in Paris) was a French engineer and geologist.

Sauvage studied from 1831 to 1833 at the École Polytechnique, where he graduated as the top of his class. He was a mining engineer ( the Corps des Mines ) and conducted research in Mézières on metallurgy, chemistry and mineralogy. He also completed geological maps of the Marne area and the Ardennes, on which he published a geological description. 1838 to 1842 he studied the coal and ore mines in Spain. Then he examined the drying up of the 1845 Kopais lake in Boeotia in Greece. After his return he published a geological description of Greece. In 1846 he was an engineer at the East Railway Company ( Compagnie des chemins de fer de l' Est) and was involved in the construction of a section of the railway from Frouard to the border. In 1848 he was sent by the government during the February Revolution by Creusot, to restore order. He then took the railroad company of Orléans in receivership. In 1861 he became director of the Eastern Railway Company.

In 1871 he was a deputy of the National Assembly. He was commander of the Legion of Honor is one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower.