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Authorised form of nameAlembert; Jean le Rond d' (1717 - 1783)
Other forms of nameJean le Rond
Other forms of surnamed'Alembert
Dates1717 - 1783
NationalityFrench
Date of birth16 November 1717
Place of deathParis
Date of death29 October 1783
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/12/1748
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
P Casini, 'Newton's Principia and the Philosophers of the Enlightenment' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 35-52
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
J A D Ackroyd, 'Sir George Cayley, the father of aeronautics. Part 2. Cayley's aeroplanes' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 333-348
J S Rowlinson, 'Le Sage's Essai de chymie mechanique' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 35-45
J L Heilbron, 'Information technology. Encyclopaedic visions. Scientific dictionaries and the Enlightenment culture by R Yeo' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 111-112
J P Zinsser, 'The ultimate commentary: a consideration of I Bernhard Cohen's Guide to Newton's Principia' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 231-238
CodeNA4317
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1748/13Alembert, Jean le Rond d': certificate of election to the Royal Society22 December 1748
RSL/2/11Letter from D'Alembert to Mr [Francois-George Mustel]nd
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