Siméon Denis Poisson

Baron Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician and physicist who worked on statistics, complex analysis, partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, analytical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, elasticity, and fluid mechanics.

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Who was born first?

• Siméon Denis Poisson and Joseph Johann Littrow were born the same year
• Siméon Denis Poisson and Giovanni Plana were born the same year
• Siméon Denis Poisson was born 1 year after Mary Somerville
• Siméon Denis Poisson was born 1 year after Thomas Chalmers
• Siméon Denis Poisson was born 1 year before Baron Wilhelm von Biela

Timeline

1. Mary SomervilleDecember 26, 1780 – November 1872
2. Thomas ChalmersMarch 17, 1780 – May 31, 1847
3. Giovanni PlanaNovember 6, 1781 – January 20, 1864
4. Joseph Johann LittrowMarch 13, 1781 – November 30, 1840
5. Siméon Denis Poisson (this page)June 21, 1781 – April 25, 1840
6. Baron Wilhelm von BielaMarch 19, 1782 – February 18, 1856

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