Jean Lugeol

Jean Lugeol (9 September 1799-24 May 1866) Was a french admiral.

Biography
He entered the Naval School of Toulon in 1813, serving in the West Indies, English Channel, North Sea, Levant, Newfoundland and Brazil. In 1821, he was sent to the Spanish coasts, then to Cayenne.

As a Lieutenant in the Navy in 1828, he took part in the Algiers Expedition. While there he developed a model for rising guns that was adopted.

He was promoted to lieutenant of a corvette in 1837 where he distinguished himself in the fight of Saint-Jean-d'Ulloa.

In 1843 he was promoted to Captain and was responsible for preparing work on the arrangement and stowage of ships and frigates and became a member of the Board of Works in 1850.

Promoted Rear-Admiral in 1852, he was appointed Major General of the Fleet at Toulon the following year.

Lugeol took part in the Crimean War and was distinguished by the bombardment of Odessa, as well as the attack on the forts of Sevastopol.

He was appointed Commander of the Naval Division of the Pacific and Oceania in 1856.

In 1858, he was promoted to Vice Admiral and was appointed  Maritime Prefect of Rochefort. He was a member of the Admiralty Council from 1863. He died 24 May 1866.

Works

 * "Instruction for the micrometer Lugeol" (1860)