Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré
Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré was a French hydrographer, hydrographic engineer and cartographer.Biography
He accompanied the expedition sent in search of La Pérouse in 1791, and made valuable charts of many of the places it visited. Subsequently he was employed in all of the important hydrographic labours undertaken during the First French Empire and the Bourbon Restoration.
He was elected a member of the Académie des sciences in 1810 and was appointed chief hydrographer and keeper of the Dépôt de la Marine in 1814. His work earned him the name “father of hydrography.”
Five navy ships have been named after him, and busts of him are to be found on the phare de Dunkerque and the phare de Goulphar.Works
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