Claude-Louis Navier

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Claude-Louis Navier
Bust of Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Born	Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier (1785-02-10)10 February 1785 Dijon, Kingdom of France
Died	21 August 1836(1836-08-21) (aged 51) Paris, July Monarchy
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Known for	Structural analysis Navier–Stokes equations Navier–Cauchy equations
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematical physics
Institutions	École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées École polytechnique French Academy of Science
Academic advisors	Joseph Fourier

Claude-Louis Navier (born Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier; French: [klod lwi maʁi ɑ̃ʁi navje]; 10 February 1785 – 21 August 1836) was a French mechanical engineer, affiliated with the French government, and a physicist who specialized in continuum mechanics.

The Navier–Stokes equations refer eponymously to him, with George Gabriel Stokes.