Joseph Fourier
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 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier |
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| Born | March 21 1768 Auxerre, Yonne, France |
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| Died | May 16 1830 (aged 62) Paris, France |
| Residence |  France |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | Mathematician, physicist, and historian |
| Institutions | École Normale École Polytechnique |
| Alma mater | École Normale |
| Academic advisor | Joseph Lagrange |
| Notable students | Gustav Dirichlet Giovanni Plana Claude-Louis Navier |
| Known for | Fourier transform |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (March 21, 1768 - May 16, 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist who is best known for starting the investigation of Fourier series and their use to problems of heat flow. Fourier was born at Auxerre as the son of a tailor. He lost both his parents at the age of 9.
