What is Claude-Louis Navier?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Claude-Louis Navier | image = Claude-Louis Navier.jpg | image_size = 225px | caption = Bust of Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier at the [[École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées]] | birth_name=Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier | birth_date = {{birth date|1785|02|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Dijon]], [[Kingdom of France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1836|08|21|1785|02|10|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paris]], [[July Monarchy]] | nationality = French | field = [[Mathematical physics]] | work_institution = [[École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées]]<br>[[École polytechnique]]<br>[[French Academy of Science]] | alma_mater = [[École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées]] | doctoral_advisor = <!--there were no PhDs in France before 1808--> | academic_advisors = [[Joseph Fourier]] | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[Navier–Stokes equations]] | prizes = <!--please insert--> | footnotes = }} '''Claude-Louis Navier''' (born '''Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier'''; {{IPA-fr|klod lwi maʁi ɑ̃ʁi navje|lang}}; 10 February 1785 – 21 August 1836), was a French engineer, [[mathematician]] and [[physicist]]. His works were based in [[continuum mechanics]]. The [[Navier–Stokes equations]] are named after him and [[George Gabriel Stokes]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Navier, Claude-Louis}} [[Category:1785 births]] [[Category:1836 deaths]] [[Category:French physicists]] [[Category:French mechanical engineers]] [[Category:French mathematicians]] {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}}