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The term "grande école" originated in 1794 after the French Revolution, when the National Convention created the "École normale supérieure", the mathematician Gaspard Monge and Lazare Carnot created the "École centrale des travaux publics" (later "École Polytechnique"), and the abbot Henri Grégoire created the "Conservatoire national des arts et métiers".