Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet (born July 24, 1786 in Cluses , France , † September 11, 1843 in Washington, DC ) was a French mathematician and geographer.
From 1817 he worked at the Paris observatory under Pierre-Simon Laplace . He later became a professor of mathematics at the Collège Louis-le-Grand . In 1832 Nicollet emigrated to the USA.
He led three expeditions to explore the Upper Mississippi . In 1839 he went to Washington, where he fell ill and died. In 1843 his Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi was published.
The Nicollet County in the US state of Minnesota and the lunar crater Nicollet are named after him.
literature
- Martha Coleman Bray: Joseph Nicollet and His Map . American Philosophical Society, 1980. ISBN 087169140X .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- Biography on the pages of the Minnesota Historical Society ( Memento from May 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nicollet, Joseph Nicolas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nicollet, Jean-Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician and geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1786 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cluses , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1843 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |