Siméon Denis Poisson
Deceased Q190772

Siméon Denis Poisson

French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)

Born: June 21, 1781 (1781) · Pithiviers
Died: April 25, 1840 (1840) · Sceaux
Age at death: 58 years
Nationality France
Occupation politician, university teacher, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, statistician
Field of work mathematics, mathematical analysis, mechanics, theoretical physics, geometry, probability theory, theoretical mechanics
Education École polytechnique
Employer École polytechnique, Bureau des Longitudes, Science Faculty of Paris, École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
Position held Pair of France, president of the French Academy of Sciences
Gender male

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