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Authorised form of namePrevost; Pierre (1751 - 1839)
Dates1751 - 1839
NationalitySwiss
Place of birthGeneva, Switzerland
Date of birth03 March 1751
Place of deathGeneva, Switzerland
Date of death08 April 1839
Research fieldPhysics
Philosophy
Literature
ActivityEducation:
Dr Juris (1773)
Career:
Tutor in Holland and France; Professor of Philosophy, Berlin; lived in Geneva and Paris; Professor of Philosophy, Academy of Geneva (1793); Professor of General Physics, Academy of Geneva (1810); member of the Council of 200, Geneva
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election17/04/1806
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1839 No 40 pp 180-182
References:
J S Rowlinson, 'Le Sage's Essai de chymie mechanique' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 35-45
CodeNA3134
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1805/23Prevost, Pierre: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/11/53Paper, 'Quelques remarques d'optique [Some optical remarks]' by Pierre Prevost1798
L&P/12/36Paper, 'Quelques remarques sur la chaleur et sur l'action des corps qui l'interceptent [Some remarks on the heat and on the action of the bodies which intercept it]' by Pierre Prevost1802
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