About Hugues Cosnier
Lived 1573 – 1629 (aged 55–56). Hugues Cosnier was a French civil engineer and engineer.
Hugues Cosnier was a French engineer who conceived of the Briare Canal who was born in Tours, 1573, and died in 1629, in Paris.
Also in 1603, he received a grant to establish silkworm breeding, sericulture, in Poitou. The endeavor failed.
In 1618, his idea of encircling Paris with canals was accepted, but was never constructed.
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Who was Hugues Cosnier?
French engineer
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Hugues Cosnier was born in 1573 in Tours.
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Hugues Cosnier died in 1629 in Paris.
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Hugues Cosnier was a civil engineer and engineer.
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Hugues Cosnier was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Hugues Cosnier. https://biography.guide/hugues-cosnier/
MLA: "Hugues Cosnier." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/hugues-cosnier/.
Chicago: "Hugues Cosnier." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/hugues-cosnier/.
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