Augustin Louis Cauchy ( 1789 - 1857 )

Birth: Paris, France (21 August 1789) Death: Sceaux, near Paris, France (23 May 1857) Research Field: Mathematics, mathematical physics, celestial mechanics Education: Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1805), Ecole des gronts et chaussees, Paris (1807) Career: Engineer; took up Mathematics and was appointed to Ecole Polytechnique (gave up 1830); Professor of Mathematical physics, University of Turin (1831); tutor to Duke of Bordeaux (1833) Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 9/06/1832.