Charles Dupin
French mathematician
Died when: 88 years 104 days (1059 months)Star Sign: Libra

Baron Pierre Charles François Dupin (6 October 1784, Varzy, Nièvre – 18 January 1873, Paris, France) was a French Catholic mathematician, engineer, economist and politician, particularly known for work in the field of mathematics, where the Dupin cyclide and Dupin indicatrix are named after him; and for his work in the field of statistical and thematic mapping.
In 1826 he created the earliest known choropleth map.
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