François Sainte de Wollant
Illustration — Portrait of François-Paul Sainte de Wollant, c. 1800–1805 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.
Also recorded as François-Paul Sainte de Wollant · Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Wollant · J.F. Wollant
François Sainte de Wollant
unknown Painter · Book: Управленческая элита Российской Империи (1802-1917). Лики России. С-Петербург 2008. archives de- FinitoR · Public domain
- Born
- 1752 · Antwerp.
- Died
- 1818 · Saint Petersburg.
- Occupation
- cartographer · engineer · map drawer
- Honours
- Order of St. George and 4th class · Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
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Illustration — Portrait of François-Paul Sainte de Wollant, c. 1800–1805 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.
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Born at Antwerp in 1752, died in Saint Petersburg in 1818.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Surinam. Work by François Sainte de Wollant is recorded in the collections of Gollandskiĭ institut v Sankt-Peterburge and Nationaal Archief. Distinctions recorded are Order of St.
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