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Siméon Poisson
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Siméon Denis Poisson.
Early life and education
Poisson was born in the small town of Pithiviers, now in Loiret, France, about 50 miles (80 km) south of Paris. His father was Siméon Poisson, a retired soldier in the French Army who had served in the Seven Years' War.