| Authorised form of name | Laplace; Pierre Simon (1749 - 1827); Marquis de Laplace |
| Dates | 1749 - 1827 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France |
| Date of birth | 23 March 1749 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 05 March 1827 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Astronomy |
| Physics |
| Activity | Education:
College at Beaumont-en-Auge; University of Caen (1766-1768)
Career:
Moves to Paris in 1768, where d'Alembert obtains for him an appointment of Professor of Mathematics at the Ecole Militaire (1769-1776). Elected to the Academy of Science (1773). Elected Vice President of the Institute of Science of France (1795) and President (1796). Introduces the concept of Black Holes in his 'Exposition du Systeme du Monde', published in two volumes in 1796
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/04/1789 |
| PublishedWorks | 'Exposition du Systeme du Monde' 2 volumes, 1796. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Walter Munk, 'Solving the Tidal Problem', review of David E Cartwright, Tides: A Scientific History in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 116-119
Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions) in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 187-204
K K Schwarz, 'Faraday and Babbage' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp367-381
D E Cartwright, 'The Tonkin tides revisited' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 135-142
J S Rowlinson, 'Laplace: the man. ' Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827: A determined scientist' by R Hahn, in NR 2006 vol 60 pp 221 - 223
Colin Montgomery, Wayne Orchiston and Ian Whittingham, 'Michell, Laplace and the origin of the Black Hole Concept' in Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 12(2), 90-96 (2009) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/4932158 |
| Code | NA5191 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CB/1/4/229 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris | 6 April 1811 |
| CB/2/492 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Laplace | 27 December 1790 |
| MM/18/21 | Letter from Harry Bateman to AT Whittaker | 10 December 1906 |
| CB/2/734 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Laplace | 16 November 1785 |
| CB/1/4/221 | Letter from Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris to Charles Blagden, London | 8 June 1784 |
| CB/1/4/228 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris | 10 December 1815 |
| CB/1/1/231 | Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet to Charles Blagden | 9 July 1809 |
| CB/1/2/10 | Letter from Charles Blagden, Paris to Joseph Banks, Soho Square, London | 27 June 1783 |
| CB/1/4/227 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris | 13 April 1811 |
| CB/1/4/225 | Letter from Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris to Charles Blagden | 25 October 1815 |
| CB/1/4/224 | Letter from Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris to Charles Blagden, London | 18 December 1811 |
| CB/1/4/230 | Letter from Charles Blagden to Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris | 23 November 1809 |
| CB/1/4/226 | Draft of a letter from Charles Blagden to Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris | 14 March 1810 |
| CB/1/4/222 | Letter from Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris to Charles Blagden, London | 7 May 1785 |
| CB/1/4/223 | Letter from Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris to Charles Blagden, London | 2 April 1806 |
| CB/1/4/220 | Letter from Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace, Paris to Charles Blagden, 2 King's Road, Bedford Row, London | 24 February 1784 |
| CB/2/27 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Laplace | |
| CB/2/131 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Laplace | 14 March 1788 |
| CB/2/435 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Laplace | 3 August 1790 |
| CB/2/125 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Laplace | 19 February 1788 |
| CB/1/1/214 | Letter from Claude Louis Berthollet to Charles Blagden | 10 April 1784 |
| IM/002629 | Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace | nd |
| EC/1788/18 | Laplace, Pierre Simon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| CB/2/1 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to A M De La Place sent by M Le Blond | 31 May 1786 |
| PT/30/10 | Paper, 'Investigation of an an [sic] extensive class of partial differential equations of the second order, in which the equation of Laplace's functions is included' by G W [George Whitehead] Hearne | [1846] |
| PT/56/4 | Paper, 'On the equation of Laplace's functions, etc.' by W F [William Fishburn] Donkin | [1856] |
| AP/21/8 | Unpublished paper, 'An attempt to account for the discrepancy between the actual velocity of sound in air or vapour and that resulting from theory' by William Ritchie | November 1836 |
| MC/12/44 | Letter from [La Marquise] de Colbert Chabanais, 60 rue des Saints-Pères, Paris, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society | 12 May 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| PP/4/11 | Paper, 'On the figure of equilibrium of a planet of heterogeneous density' by G H [George Howard] Darwin | 1883 |
| MS/957/37 | Letter from Pierre Simon de Laplace, to [Mary Frances] Kater | 21 August 1817 |