Siméon Denis Poisson
1781 - 1840
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Poisson's most important works were a series of papers on definite integrals and his advances in Fourier series. This work was the foundation of later work in this area by Dirichlet and Riemann.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Siméon-Denis Poisson (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1818 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1820 |
| Royal Society Copley Medal | 1832 |
| Lunar features | Crater Poisson |
| Paris street names | Rue Denis Poisson (17th Arrondissement) |
| Commemorated on the Eiffel Tower | |
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