Pierre-Simon Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)
Pierre-Simon Laplace was born on March 23, 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge and died on March 5, 1827 in Paris, aged 77. Recorded occupations: mathematician, astronomer, physicist, politician, philosopher and university teacher. Country of citizenship: France. Positions held include Pair of France, member of the Sénat conservateur, Minister of the Interior of France, president, Member of the Académie française and president of the French Academy of Sciences. Fields of work: celestial mechanics, probability theory, mathematical analysis and mathematics. Notable works include “Laplace operator”, “Laplace transform”, “Laplace's equation”, “Laplace's demon”, “Laplace expansion” and “Laplace distribution”. Educated at University of Caen Normandy. Honours include Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Reunion, Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member of Royal Society of London, Société Philomathique de Paris, Académie Française and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- Born
- March 23, 1749 · Beaumont-en-Auge
- Died
- March 5, 1827 · Paris
- Age at death
- 77
- Citizenship
- France
- Occupations
- mathematician, astronomer, physicist, politician, philosopher, university teacher
- Positions held
- Pair of France, member of the Sénat conservateur, Minister of the Interior of France, president, Member of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
- Notable works
- Laplace operator, Laplace transform, Laplace's equation, Laplace's demon, Laplace expansion, Laplace distribution
- Education
- University of Caen Normandy
- Honours
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Reunion, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Wikipedia editions
- 105 languages
- Signature licence
- Public domain
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