Person Lagrange; Joseph Louis (1736 - 1813) Lagrange Joseph Louis 1736 - 1813 Male Turin, Italy 25 January 1736 Paris, France 10 April 1813 Burial: Pantheon, Paris

Mechanics Celestial mechanics Astronomy Mathematics Career: Professor of Mathematics, Royal School of Artillery, Turin (1754); Director, Berlin Academy (1766); went to Prussia (1766-1787); published 'Mecanique analytique' (1788); went to Paris after death of Frederick the Great, lodged in the Louvre and received pension of 6,000 francs; Professor, Normal and Polytechnic Schools and member of the Bureau des Longitudes (after the Revolution); made a member of the Senate and a Count by Napoleon Fellow 05/05/1791 Sources: 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 B Bleaney and O V Lounasmaa, 'Nuclear orientation and nuclear cooling experiments in Oxford and Helsinki. Part 3. Progress from 1975 to 2001' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 331 - 344 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-2222 25 Jan 1736 - 10 Apr 1813 NA2872 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/44051 c5bc9f72-b9a4-4b0d-9325-da0e81126661