Louis Costaz
Louis, baron Costaz was a French scientist and administrator.
His brother Benoît Costaz was bishop of Nancy. After studying mathematics, he taught at the military school at Thiron until 1793, then at the École polytechnique. A member of the Commission des [Sciences et des Arts], he participated in the French [invasion of Egypt (1798)|French invasion of Egypt], becoming secretary to the Institut d'Égypte and a member of the Privy Council of Egypt, as well as accompanying Bonaparte to Suez.
On his return to France, he presided over the Tribunat and was entrusted with organising a school of arts and crafts. Prefect of the Manche area and a baron de l'Empire from 1809, he was intendant of crown buildings before becoming director general of bridges and roads. Summoned to the Conseil [d'État (France)|Conseil d’État] in 1813, he was made prefect of Nord during the Hundred Days and retired from public life shortly afterwards.
Category:1767 births
Category:1842 deaths
Category:French mathematicians
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Category:Prefects of Manche
Category:Prefects of Nord (French department)