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Joseph Fourier

1768 - 1830

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Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʒozɛf fuʁje]; 21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist born in Auxerre, Burgundy and best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series, which eventually developed into Fourier analysis and harmonic analysis, and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier's law of conduction are also named in his honour. Fourier is also generally credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Fourier is the 23rd most popular mathematician (down from 20th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from France (up from 130th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Mathematician.

Joseph Fourier was a French mathematician who is most famous for his work in the fields of heat transfer and wave propagation.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Joseph Fourier ranks 23 out of 1,004. Before him are Bertrand Russell, Jacob Bernoulli, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Henri Poincaré, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and David Hilbert. After him are Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Évariste Galois, Hero of Alexandria, John von Neumann, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Diophantus.

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Among people born in 1768, Joseph Fourier ranks 2. Before him is Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are François-René de Chateaubriand, Joseph Bonaparte, Charlotte Corday, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Frederick VI of Denmark, Karađorđe, Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, and Louis Desaix. Among people deceased in 1830, Joseph Fourier ranks 4. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom, Pope Pius VIII, and Simón Bolívar. After him are Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Benjamin Constant, Adam Weishaupt, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Antonio José de Sucre, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Thomas Lawrence.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Fourier ranks 123 out of 6,770. Before him are François Mitterrand (1916), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), André Gide (1869), Nicolas Poussin (1594), Philippe Pétain (1856), and Catherine of Valois (1401). After him are Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Philip II of France (1165), Charles Aznavour (1924), Peter Abelard (1079), Pope Gregory XI (1370), and Marie Thérèse of France (1778).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Joseph Fourier ranks 6. Before him are Blaise Pascal (1623), Pierre de Fermat (1601), Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717), Henri Poincaré (1854), and Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749). After him are Évariste Galois (1811), François Viète (1540), Pope Sylvester II (938), Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789), Urbain Le Verrier (1811), and Abraham de Moivre (1667).

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