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Jakob II Bernoulli (17 October 1759, in
Basel
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– 3 July 1789, in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
), younger brother of
Johann III Bernoulli
Johann III Bernoulli (also known as Jean; 4 November 1744, Basel – 13 July 1807, Berlin), grandson of Johann Bernoulli and son of Johann II Bernoulli, was known around the world as a child prodigy.
Biography
He studied at Basel and at Neu ...
, was a Swiss physicist.
Biography
Having finished his literary studies, he was, according to custom, sent to Neuchâtel to learn French. On his return, he graduated in law. This study, however, did not check his hereditary taste for geometry. The early lessons which he had received from his father were continued by his uncle
Daniel
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
, and such was his progress that at the age of twenty-one he was called to undertake the duties of the chair of experimental physics, which his uncle's advanced years rendered him unable to discharge. He afterwards accepted the situation of secretary to count de Brenner, which afforded him an opportunity of seeing Germany and Italy. In Italy, he formed a friendship with Lorgna, professor of mathematics at Verona, and one of the founders of the Società Italiana for the encouragement of the sciences. He was also made corresponding member of the royal society of Turin; and, while residing at Venice, he was, through the friendly representation of
Nicolaus von Fuss, admitted into the academy of St Petersburg. In 1788, he was named one of its mathematical professors.
He drowned while bathing in the
Neva
The Neva (russian: Нева́, ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it ...
in July 1789, a few months after his marriage to a granddaughter of
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler ( , ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries in ma ...
.
Several of his papers are contained in the first six volumes of ''Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae'', in the ''Acta Helvetica'', in the ''Memoirs of the Academies of Berlin and Turin'', and in his brother Johann's publications. He also published separately some juridical and physical theses, and a German translation of ''Mémoires du philosophe de Merian''.
He was one of the last notable members of the
Bernoulli family
The Bernoulli family () of Basel was a patrician family, notable for having produced eight mathematically gifted academics who, among them, contributed substantially to the development of mathematics and physics during the early modern period.
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1759 births
1789 deaths
18th-century Swiss mathematicians
Full members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Scientists from Basel-Stadt
18th-century mathematicians from the Russian Empire
Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians
Accidental deaths in Russia
Deaths by drowning
Jakob II Jacob II or Jakob II may refer to:
* Jacob II of Cilicia
*Jakob II Bernoulli
*Jakob von Baden, also known as Jakob II
See also
James II (disambiguation) James II may refer to:
* James II of Avesnes (died c. 1205), knight of the Fourth Crusade
* J ...