Pierre Simon Laplace, Marquis de Laplace ( 1749 - 1827 )

Birth: Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy, France (23 March 1749) Death: Paris, France (05 March 1827) Research Field: Mathematics, astronomy, physics Education: College at Beaumont-en-Auge; University of Caen (1766-1768) Career: Moves to Paris in 1768, where d'Alembert obtains for him an appointment of Professor of Mathematics at the Ecole Militaire (1769-1776).