Person Bernoulli; Jean (1667 - 1748) Bernoulli Jean Johann 1667 - 1748 Swiss Male Basel, Switzerland 27 July 1667 Basel, Switzerland 01 January 1748

Mathematics 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) 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) Fellow 01/12/1712 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. ©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-12171 27 Jul 1667 - 1 Jan 1748 NA7378 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/51754496 434c5b44-1a74-4a94-9010-46e05d8cb007