Editing Pierre Bézier (section)

==Background==
Born in [[Paris]], Bézier was the son and grandson of engineers.<ref name="doctor">{{cite web
 |title     = Dr. Pierre Bezier, Engineer, Inventor, Author, and Mathematician
 |publisher = Engology.com
 |url       = http://www.engology.com/eng5bezier.htm
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120526012617/http://www.engology.com/eng5bezier.htm
|url-status  = dead
|archive-date = 26 May 2012
}}</ref> He obtained a degree in [[mechanical engineering]] from the [[École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers]] in  1930.  He earned a second degree in [[electrical engineering]] in 1931 at the [[École supérieure d'électricité]], and a doctorate in 1977 in [[mathematics]] from the [[Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University (University of Paris 6)|Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University]] where he contributed to the study of parametric polynomial curves and their vector coefficients.<ref name="phd">{{cite thesis
| author = Bezier, Pierre
| year = 1977
| title = Essai de définition numérique des courbes et des surfaces experimentales: Contribution à l'étude des propriétés des courbes et des surfaces paramétriques polynomiales à coefficients vectoriels.
| publisher = Diss. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
}}</ref>

From 1968 to 1979 Bézier was Professor of Production Engineering at the [[Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers]].

He wrote four books and numerous papers, and received several distinctions including the [[Steven Anson Coons]] Award from the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] and an [[honorary doctorate]] from [[Technische Universität Berlin]]. He was an honorary member of the [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] and of the [[Société Belge des Mécaniciens]], president of the [[Ingénieurs et scientifiques de France|Société des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France]], [[Société des Ingénieurs Arts et Metiers]], and one of the first Advisory Editors of ''Computer-Aided Design'' magazine.

With his family's consent, the [[solid modeling|Solid Modeling]] Association established ''The Pierre Bézier Award for Solid, Geometric and Physical Modeling and Applications'' in 2007.<ref name="award">{{cite web
 |title       = The Pierre Bézier Award
 |publisher   = Solidmodeling.org
 |url         = http://solidmodeling.org/awards/bezier-award/
 |url-status     = live
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090930054126/http://solidmodeling.org/layout.php?nextlink=bezier&doc_num=8000
 |archivedate = 30 September 2009
}}</ref>