Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
Deceased Q153232

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717–1783)

Born: November 16, 1717 (1717) · Paris
Died: October 29, 1783 (1783) · Paris
Age at death: 65 years
Nationality France, Kingdom of France
Occupation writer, philosopher, engineer, mathematician, astronomer, translator, physicist, musicologist, music theorist, encyclopédistes, lexicographer, intellectual
Field of work mathematics, mechanics
Education University of Paris, Collège des Quatre-Nations
Position held perpetual secretary of the French Academy, seat 25 of the Académie française
Gender male

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