Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was born on November 16, 1717 in Paris and died on October 29, 1783 in Paris, aged 65. Recorded occupations: philosopher, mathematician, physicist, musicologist, translator and writer. Country of citizenship: Kingdom of France. Positions held include perpetual secretary of the French Academy and Member of the Académie française. Associated movement: Enlightenment philosophy. Fields of work: mathematics and mechanics. Notable works include “d'Alembert's paradox”, “d'Alembert operator”, “Encyclopédie”, “ratio test”, “D'Alembert's principle” and “D'Alembert's equation”. Educated at University of Paris and Collège des Quatre-Nations. Honours include Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member of Royal Society of London, Académie Française, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Sciences.
- Born
- November 16, 1717 · Paris
- Died
- October 29, 1783 · Paris
- Age at death
- 65
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of France
- Occupations
- philosopher, mathematician, physicist, musicologist, translator, writer
- Positions held
- perpetual secretary of the French Academy, Member of the Académie française
- Movements
- Enlightenment philosophy
- Notable works
- d'Alembert's paradox, d'Alembert operator, Encyclopédie, ratio test, D'Alembert's principle, D'Alembert's equation
- Education
- University of Paris, Collège des Quatre-Nations
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Wikipedia editions
- 90 languages
- Signature licence
- Public domain
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