Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869

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Name (Hebrew)
ז'ומיני, אנטואן-אנרי, 1779-1869
Name (Latin)
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869
Other forms of name
nna Jomini, Henri, baron, 1779-1869
De Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron, 1779-1869
Jomini, général (Antoine Henri), 1779-1869
Zhomini, Antuan-Anri, 1779-1869
Zhomini, A.-A. (Antuan-Anri), 1779-1869
Zhomini, Genrikh Veniaminovich, 1779-1869
Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron, 1779-1869
Date of birth
1779-03-06
Date of death
1869-03-22
Place of death
Paris (France)
Associated country
Russia (Federation)
Switzerland
Russia
Field of activity
Armed Forces Military art and science
Occupation
Generals Military scientists
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 95148526
Wikidata: Q115652
Library of congress: n 50048867
OCoLC: oca00083924
Sources of Information
  • His The art of war, c1992:CIP t.p. (Baron Antoine Henri de Jomini)
  • LC data base, 01-03-92(hdg.: Jomini, Henri, baron, 1779-1869; usage: Antoine Henri Jomini)
  • GDEL(Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, b. 1779, d. Paris 1869, Swiss general and writer who served under Marshall Ney until a quarrel caused him to transfer to service of Russia in 1813; with Clausewitz founder of modern military theory, espec.known for his Précis de l'art de la guerre)
  • Dict. Napoléon, c1987(Jomini, Antoine-Henri, baron de, 1779-1869)
  • Bib. nat.(hdg.: Jomini, Général Antoine-Henry [sic] de; usage: Baron de Jomini, le général Jomini)
  • Zhomini, 1999:verso t.p. (A.A. Zhomini) p. 3 (Antuna-Anri (v pravoslavii--Genrikha Veniaminovicha) Zhomini)
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Wikipedia description:

Antoine-Henri Jomini (French: [ʒɔmini]; 6 March 1779 – 22 March 1869) was a Swiss military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini was largely self-taught in military strategy, and his ideas are a staple at military academies, the United States Military Academy at West Point being a prominent example; his theories were thought to have affected many officers who later served in the American Civil War. He may have coined the term logistics in his Summary of the Art of War (1838).

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