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Johann II Bernoulli

1710 - 1790

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Johann II Bernoulli (also known as Jean; 18 May 1710, Basel – 17 July 1790, Basel) was the youngest of the three sons of the Swiss mathematician Johann Bernoulli. He studied law and mathematics, and, after travelling in France, was for five years professor of eloquence in the university of his native city. In 1736 he was awarded the prize of the French Academy for his suggestive studies of aether. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann II Bernoulli has received more than 43,953 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Johann II Bernoulli is the 433rd most popular mathematician (down from 424th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 270th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 433 out of 1,004. Before him are Dinostratus, Paul Émile Appell, Johannes Werner, Mihailo Petrović, Pierre Vernier, and Martin Kutta. After him are Nicomedes, Thomas Bradwardine, Nikolai Luzin, Athir al-Din al-Abhari, Jim Simons, and Paul Lévy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 19. Before him are Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, William Cullen, Abraham Trembley, Paolo Renier, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz. After him are Carl Alexander Clerck, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Johann Georg Pinsel, Charles Simon Favart, and John Ellis. Among people deceased in 1790, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 15. Before him are Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, William Cullen, and Jacob Christian Schäffer. After him are Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, William Livingston, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Marmaduke Tunstall, Israel Putnam, and Thomas Warton.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 279 out of 1,015. Before him are Saint Othmar (689), Leopold Kielholz (1911), Peter Bieri (1944), Flavio Cotti (1939), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), and Numa Droz (1844). After him are Karl Schenk (1823), Emer de Vattel (1714), Alexandre Calame (1810), Jakob Dubs (1822), Arthur Cravan (1887), and Adolf Wölfli (1864).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 11. Before him are Jost Bürgi (1552), Jakob Steiner (1796), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), and Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803). After him are Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Jakob Hermann (1678), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Nicolas Fuss (1755), and Georges de Rham (1903).

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