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Johann II Bernoulli

1710 - 1790

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Johann II Bernoulli (also known as Jean; 18 May 1710, Basel – 17 July 1790, Basel) was the youngest of the three sons of the Swiss mathematician Johann Bernoulli. He studied law and mathematics, and, after travelling in France, was for five years professor of eloquence in the university of his native city. In 1736 he was awarded the prize of the French Academy for his suggestive studies of aether. On the death of his father he succeeded him as professor of mathematics in the University of Basel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann II Bernoulli is the 445th most popular mathematician (down from 433rd in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 278th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 445 out of 1,004. Before him are Alfred Clebsch, Benedetto Castelli, Thomas Henderson, Igor Ansoff, Frigyes Riesz, and Pierre Alphonse Laurent. After him are Yang Hui, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Hermann Bondi, Goro Shimura, Yves Meyer, and Gerd Faltings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 17. Before him are Thomas Arne, Carl Alexander Clerck, Thomas Simpson, William Cullen, James Ferguson, and Abraham Trembley. After him are Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Paolo Renier, Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Adam Gottlob Moltke, and Augustin Ehrensvärd. Among people deceased in 1790, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 13. Before him are Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, and William Cullen. After him are Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Marmaduke Tunstall, and Israel Putnam.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 275 out of 1,015. Before him are Doris Leuthard (1963), Hugo Koblet (1925), Abraham Trembley (1710), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Leopold Kielholz (1911), and Alexandre Calame (1810). After him are Giovanni Giacometti (1868), Gustave Moynier (1826), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Karl Röderer (1868), and Alphonse Matejka (1902).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 12. Before him are Jakob Steiner (1796), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), and Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750). After him are Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Jakob Hermann (1678), Ludwig Schläfli (1814), Georges de Rham (1903), and Nicolas Fuss (1755).

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