Joseph Fourier

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Joseph_Fourier

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:advisorTo	gptkb:Jean-François_Champollion
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:birthDate	1768-03-21
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Auxerre,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace	gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:deathDate	1830-05-16
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics engineering physics
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Joseph_Fourier
gptkbp:honor	Fourier number named after him Fourier transform named after him Name inscribed on the Eiffel Tower
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Joseph Fourier
gptkbp:influenced	development of harmonic analysis development of signal processing development of thermodynamics
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Isaac_Newton gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace gptkb:Jean_le_Rond_d'Alembert
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Fourier's_law_of_heat_conduction gptkb:Fourier_transform Fourier series contributions to mathematical physics work on heat transfer
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Académie_des_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:French
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:publicationDate	Théorie analytique de la chaleur, 1822
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Théorie_analytique_de_la_chaleur
gptkbp:servedAs	gptkb:Prefect_of_Isère
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:Napoleon's_Egyptian_expedition
gptkbp:signature	Joseph Fourier signature.svg
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:École_Polytechnique gptkb:University_of_Grenoble gptkb:Institut_d'Égypte
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:École_Polytechnique gptkb:Académie_des_sciences gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:George_Boole
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4