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Johann II Bernoulli

1710 - 1790

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Johann II Bernoulli (also known as Jean; 18 May 1710 in Basel – 17 July 1790 in 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 38,846 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johann II Bernoulli is the 425th most popular mathematician (down from 367th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 235th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 425 out of 823. Before him are Karl Mollweide, Lars Hörmander, Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, Goro Shimura, Otto Hölder, and Mihailo Petrović. After him are Nicomedes, Dinostratus, Hermann Bondi, Ismaël Bullialdus, Al-Sijzi, and Hans Freudenthal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 17. Before him are Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Paolo Renier, William Cullen, and John Ellis. After him are Augustin Ehrensvärd, Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, Abraham Trembley, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Johann Georg Pinsel, and Charles Simon Favart. Among people deceased in 1790, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 15. Before him are András Hadik, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, and William Cullen. After him are Flora MacDonald, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, William Livingston, and Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 270 out of 876. Before him are Claude Nicollier (1944), Bertha Wegmann (1847), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Carl Lutz (1895), and Luuk de Jong (1990). After him are Walther Ritz (1878), Didier Queloz (1966), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), Josef Hügi (1930), and Didier Burkhalter (1960).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Johann II Bernoulli ranks 12. Before him are Jost Bürgi (1552), Paul Guldin (1577), Nicolaus II Bernoulli (1695), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), and Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750). After him are Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Jakob Hermann (1678), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Ludwig Schläfli (1814), Georges de Rham (1903), and Armand Borel (1923).

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