Antoine Gabriel Jars ( 1732 - 1769 )

Birth: Lyons, France (26 January 1732) Death: Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France (20 August 1769) Research Field: Mining, engineering, metallurgy Education: College of Lyons; Ecole des Ponts-et-Chaussees, Paris (c 1754) Career: Worked in his father's copper mines, St-Bel et Chessy, Lyonnais; whilst at the Ecole in Paris, designed and built a furnace; sent by French government to inspect Central European mines with Duhamel (1757); sent to England (after 1764); was the first person to melt iron with coke in France (1769); caught sunstroke and died after a subsequent illness Memberships: RSA (Corresponding, 1765); Royal Academy of Sciences of France (Corresponding 1761; Member 1768) Membership: Candidate.