When was Pierre-Simon Laplace born?

Pierre-Simon Laplace was born on 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge.

What positions has Pierre-Simon Laplace held?

Positions held by Pierre-Simon Laplace include: president (1822–1823); Member of the Académie française (1816–1827); Pair of France (1814–1827); president of the French Academy of Sciences (1812–1812); member of the Sénat conservateur (1799–1814).

Where did Pierre-Simon Laplace study?

Pierre-Simon Laplace was educated at University of Caen Normandy.

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Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)

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Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace was a French polymath, a scholar whose work has been instrumental in the fields of physics, astronomy, mathematics, engineering, statistics, and philosophy. He summarized and extended the work of his predecessors in his five-volume Mécanique céleste (1799–1825). This work translated the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus, opening up a broader range of problems. Laplace also popularized and further confirmed Sir Isaac Newton's work. In statistics, the Bayesian interpretation of probability was developed mainly by Laplace.

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Born: 23 March 1749 wd
Place of birth: Beaumont-en-Auge wd
Died: 5 March 1827 wd
Place of death: Paris wd
Citizenship: France wd
Occupation: mathematician, astronomer, physicist, politician, philosopher, university teacher wd
Education: University of Caen Normandy wd
Spouse: Marie Anne Charlotte de Courty de Romange wd

Positions held wd

president (1822–1823)
Member of the Académie française (11 April 1816 – 5 March 1827)
Pair of France (4 June 1814 – 5 March 1827)
president of the French Academy of Sciences (1 January 1812 – 31 December 1812)
member of the Sénat conservateur (1799–1814)
Minister of the Interior of France (12 November 1799 – 25 December 1799)
president of the French Academy of Sciences (1796–1796)

Awards wd

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1825)
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1804)
Knight of the Legion of Honour (1803)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Reunion (1813)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1789)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
72 names on the Eiffel Tower

Questions

When was Pierre-Simon Laplace born?: Pierre-Simon Laplace was born on 23 March 1749 in Beaumont-en-Auge.
What positions has Pierre-Simon Laplace held?: Positions held by Pierre-Simon Laplace include: president (1822–1823); Member of the Académie française (1816–1827); Pair of France (1814–1827); president of the French Academy of Sciences (1812–1812); member of the Sénat conservateur (1799–1814).
Where did Pierre-Simon Laplace study?: Pierre-Simon Laplace was educated at University of Caen Normandy.

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