Person Biot; Jean Baptiste (1774 - 1862); French physicist Biot Jean Baptiste French physicist 1774 - 1862 French Male Paris, France 21 April 1774 Paris, France 03 February 1862

Physics Career: Served in the Artillery; Professor of Mathematics, Beauvais (1797); Professor of Physics, College de France (1800); accompanied J L Gay Lussac (FRS 1815) on the first balloon ascent made for scientific purposes; involved with F J D Arago (FRS 1818) in measuring an arc of the meridien in Spain (1806); visited England and the Shetland Islands, to make measurements along the line of the British arc of the meridien (1817); made important observations on the polarisation of light Memberships: Academie des Sciences Medals and prizes: Rumford Medal 1840 Foreign Member 06/04/1815 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1862-1863 vol 12 pp xxxv-xlii References: K K Schwarz, 'Faraday and Babbage' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp367-381 ©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-318 21 Apr 1774 - 3 Feb 1862 NA3671 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 10/02/2026 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/71428323 0cf53f7b-d9f3-4cc8-99a3-331f847b3882