Joseph Louis Lagrange (Lagrangia)
1736–1813
Italian mathematician and astronomer. Studied mathematics in his native Turin. Appointed director of the mathematics section of the Berlin Academy, 1766. Moved to the Academy of Sciences in Paris in 1787. Made significant discoveries in the fields of calculus, number theory, planetary movement, and fluid dynamics.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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