Jacob Bernoulli, II
1788
Saint Petersburg, Russia
In 1788, he was named one of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences mathematical professors.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
In 1788, he was named one of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences mathematical professors.
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Jacob Bernoulli, II was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences of Turin.
Johann Bernoulli, II
Johann Bernoulli, III
Daniel Bernoulli
mathematician physicist scientist teacher
Ethnicity:
The Bernoulli family came originally from Antwerp, at that time in the Spanish Netherlands, but emigrated to escape the Spanish persecution of the Protestants. After a brief period in Frankfurt the family moved to Basel, in Switzerland.
Jacob Bernoulli, II was born on October 17, 1759, in Basel, Switzerland, the son of Johann Bernoulli, II and Susanna König, and the younger brother of Johann Bernoulli, III.
Bernoulli, II graduated in jurisprudence in 1778 but successfully engaged in mathematics and physics.
In 1782, Bernoulli's, II uncle Daniel Bernoulli died and his chair of physics in Basel became vacant. Jacob applied for the chair and presented a work on mathematical physics to support his application. The decison as to who should fill the vacant chair was not made on academic grounds but was made by drawing lots. Jacob Bernoulli, II was unlucky and he was not offered this position which he would really have liked.
Bernoulli, II was then appointed as secretary to the Imperial Envoy to Turin and Venice. However, he was soon given the chance of another academic post when he received an offer from Saint Petersburg. He went to Saint Petersburg and began to write important works on mathematical physics which he presented to the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. In 1788, he was named one of its mathematical professors.
Jacob Bernoulli, II drowned while bathing in the Neva on July 3, 1789.
Jacob Bernoulli, II was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences of Turin.
Jacob Bernoulli, II was married to Anna Charlotte Wilhelmine Collins (Bernoulli), a granddaughter of Leonhard Euler.
Johann Bernoulli, II, also known as Jean, was a Swiss mathematician, physicist and professor of mathematics at the University of Basel.
Johann Bernoulli, III, also known as Jean, was a German mathematician, astronomer and one of the last notable members of the Bernoulli family.
Daniel Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and physicist, who investigated not only mathematics but also such fields as medicine, biology, physiology, mechanics, physics, astronomy, and oceanography.
