Jean le Rond d'Alembert vs Leonhard Euler
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Compare the life timelines of Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783) and Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1717 to 1783.
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Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
- — Born in Paris and abandoned at the church of Saint-Jean-le-Rond Verified
- — Studied at the Collège des Quatre-Nations Verified
- — Elected to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Published the Traité de dynamique Verified
- — Derived the one-dimensional wave equation for a vibrating string Verified
- — Co-edited the Encyclopédie and wrote its Preliminary Discourse Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Became permanent secretary of the Académie française Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
Leonhard Euler (1707–1783)
- — Born in Basel, Switzerland Verified
- — Entered the University of Basel Verified
- — Moved to Saint Petersburg to join the Imperial Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Married Katharina Gsell Verified
- — Solved the Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem, founding graph theory Verified
- — Moved to Berlin to join the Prussian Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Published Introductio in analysin infinitorum Verified
- — Returned to Saint Petersburg at the invitation of Catherine the Great Verified
- — Became almost totally blind yet continued prolific work Verified
- — Died in Saint Petersburg Verified