Authorised form of name | Cauchy; Augustin Louis (1789 - 1857) |
Dates | 1789 - 1857 |
Nationality | French |
Place of birth | Paris, France |
Date of birth | 21 August 1789 |
Place of death | Sceaux, near Paris, France |
Date of death | 23 May 1857 |
Research field | Mathematics |
Mathematical physics |
Celestial mechanics |
Activity | 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)
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Membership category | Foreign Member |
Date of election | 09/06/1832 |
Source | 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. |
Code | NA5798 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/005603 | Cauchy, Agustin Louis | nd |
EC/1832/28 | Cauchy, Augustin Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |