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Joseph Bertrand

1822 - 1900

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Joseph Louis François Bertrand (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf lwi fʁɑ̃swa bɛʁtʁɑ̃]; 11 March 1822 – 5 April 1900) was a French mathematician whose work emphasized number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Bertrand is the 170th most popular mathematician (up from 244th in 2019), the 1,114th most popular biography from France (up from 1,778th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joseph Bertrand ranks 170 out of 1,004Before him are Vito Volterra, Jost Bürgi, James Joseph Sylvester, Menelaus of Alexandria, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, and Carl David Tolmé Runge. After him are Johannes Trithemius, Wang Chong, Jean-Pierre Serre, Vladimir Arnold, Mary Jackson, and John Pell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Joseph Bertrand ranks 20Before him are Charles Hermite, Edmond de Goncourt, Sa'id of Egypt, Rosa Bonheur, Adelaide of Austria, and Midhat Pasha. After him are Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Robert Luther, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa. Among people deceased in 1900, Joseph Bertrand ranks 15Before him are Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John Sherman, Wilhelm Liebknecht, and Emil Škoda. After him are Nicolas Chauvin, Robert Luther, Osman Nuri Pasha, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, Armand David, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Bertrand ranks 1,114 out of 6,770Before him are Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), and George Steiner (1929). After him are Saint Eligius (588), Sophie of France (1734), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Hector Guimard (1867), Francis Lai (1932), and Juliette Récamier (1777).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Joseph Bertrand ranks 35Before him are Émile Borel (1871), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Joseph Liouville (1809), Michel Rolle (1652), and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749). After him are Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Étienne Bézout (1730), Édouard Lucas (1842), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), Étienne-Louis Malus (1775), and Camille Jordan (1838).