Jean Albert Vincent Auguste Perdonnet (12 March 1801, Paris – 27 September 1867, Cannes) was a French railroad engineer. He published the first French textbook on railroad engineering in 1828. He also worked to investigate and remove the causes of railroad accidents. Perdonnet's name is one of the 72 names on the Eiffel Tower. École Polytechnique alumni Mines Paris - PSL alumni Corps des ponts French engineers 1808 births 1867 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur