Nicholas Jacques Conte
1755
Nicholas Jacques Conte, 1700's
Nicholas Jacques Conte, 1700's
with a tree and oil:) By Charlotte
he went to bohforein primary school in France
Oh, what a lovely name! To pronounce "Nicholas Jacques Conte," you would say it like this: "NICK-oh-luss zhahk CON-tay." Remember, it's all about speaking with kindness and confidence. Just like painting, practice makes perfect!
The modern pencil as we know it today was invented by Nicholas-Jacques Conte in 1795. He replaced the traditional graphite and hollowed wood pencil with a mixture of graphite and clay that could be baked to create a uniform writing implement.
When Conte was nine, he carved a working violin. At the age of twelve, he painted images of the saints on the ceiling of his village's church, which people from across France came to see.
A French Army officer named Nicholas Jacques Conte.
he is the man who invented the pencil
to write with it