About François Sainte de Wollant
Lived 1752 – 1818 (aged 66). François Sainte de Wollant was a cartographer, engineer, military engineer and map drawer.
François-Paul Sainte de Wollant (20 September 1752 in Antwerp – 30 November 1818 in Saint Petersburg) was a Flemish engineer. He is best known for a number of fortifications in Imperial Russia which were built under his supervision, such as a now-lost 1794 battery on the site of the later Konstantin Battery in Sevastopol. In Tiraspol, Transnistria, a park is named after him.
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Flemish engineer (1752–1818)
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François Sainte de Wollant was born on 20 September 1752 in Antwerp.
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François Sainte de Wollant died on 30 November 1818 in Saint Petersburg.
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François Sainte de Wollant was a cartographer, engineer, military engineer and map drawer.
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