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Authorised form of nameLiouville; Joseph (1809 - 1882)
Dates1809 - 1882
NationalityFrench
Place of birthSt-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France
Date of birth24 March 1809
Place of deathParis, France
Date of death08 September 1882
Research fieldMathematics
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election21/11/1850
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
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
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/73966535
CodeNA5614
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1850/22Liouville, Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/4/368Letter from J [Joseph] Liouville, Paris, to [Colonel Edward] Sabine, [Foreign] Secretary of the Royal Society30 November 1850
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
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