Person Cauchy; Augustin Louis (1789 - 1857) Cauchy Augustin Louis 1789 - 1857 French Male Paris, France 21 August 1789 Sceaux, near Paris, France 23 May 1857

Mathematics Mathematical physics Celestial mechanics 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) Foreign Member 09/06/1832 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. 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 21 Aug 1789 - 22 or 23 May 1857 NA5798 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 8aeea699-3170-4ccb-9e73-537cda52b2ff