| Authorised form of name | Bernoulli; Jean (1667 - 1748) |
| Other forms of name | Johann |
| Dates | 1667 - 1748 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland |
| Date of birth | 27 July 1667 |
| Place of death | Basel, Switzerland |
| Date of death | 01 January 1748 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Activity | Education:
Basel; MA (1685), MD (1694)
Career:
Studied mathematics with his brother Jacques; travelled to Geneva, where he taught calculus to Jean Christophe Fatio (FRS 1706), and to Paris (1691); Professor of Mathematics at Groningen (1695); succeeded his brother as Professor of Mathematics at Basel (1705)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/12/1712 |
| Relationships | Son of Nikolaus Bernoulli, Apothecary of Basel, and his wife, Margaretha Schonauer; married Dorothea Falkner, daughter of an Alderman of Basel; father of Daniel Bernouilli (FRS 1750); uncle of Nicholas Bernouilli (FRS 1714) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
G J Whitrow, 'Newton's Role in the History of Mathematics' in NR 1989 vol 43 pp 71-92
E A Fellmann, 'The Principia and Continental Mathematicians' in NR 1988 vol 42 pp 13-34
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Isaac Newton. DSB gives 6 Aug 1667 as birth date. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/51754496 |
| Code | NA7378 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000349 | Bernoulli, Jean | nd |
| CLP/1/30 | Paper, on mathematical problems by Johannes [Jean] Bernoulli | [1697] |
| AP/8A/11 | Unpublished paper, 'A general series for ∫φ(x)dx' by Thos [Thomas] Knight | 29 January 1818 |
| L&P/7/87 | Paper, 'Observations de l'eclipse du soleil faites a Dantzic le 24 Juin 1778 [Observations of the eclipse of the sun made at Dantzic on June 24, 1778]' by N M Wolff and Jean Bernoulli | 1779 |