Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier ( 1768 - 1830 )

Birth: Auxerre, France (21 March 1768) Death: Paris, France (16 May 1830) Research Field: Mathematics Career: Professor, Military Academy, Paris (1796); Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris; accompanied Bonaparte on his unsuccessful expedition to Egypt (1798); Prefect , Department Isere (on return from Egypt); permanent secretary, Academy of sciences, Paris (1817); wrote on mathematics and electricity Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 11/12/1823.