| Authorised form of name | Cauchy; Augustin Louis (1789 - 1857) |
| Dates | 1789 - 1857 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Date of birth | 21 August 1789 |
| Place of death | Sceaux, near Paris, France |
| Date of death | 23 May 1857 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Mathematical physics |
| Celestial mechanics |
| Activity | Education:
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1805), Ecole des gronts et chaussees, Paris (1807)
Career:
Engineer; took up Mathematics and was appointed to Ecole Polytechnique (gave up 1830); Professor of Mathematical physics, University of Turin (1831); tutor to Duke of Bordeaux (1833)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 09/06/1832 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 44-49
References:
W K Hayman, 'Complex Integration', review of Frank Smithies, Cauchy and the Creation of Complex Function Theory in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 173-174
Notes:
DSB gives alternative death date of 22 May. |
| Code | NA5798 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/005603 | Cauchy, Agustin Louis | nd |
| EC/1832/28 | Cauchy, Augustin Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |