Bernoulli family
Swiss patrician family, notable for having produced eight mathematically gifted academics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swiss patrician family, notable for having produced eight mathematically gifted academics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bernoulli family (/bɜːrˈnuːli/ bur-NOO-lee; German: [bɛʁˈnʊli];[lower-alpha 1] Swiss Standard German: [bɛrˈnʊli]) of Basel was a patrician family, notable for having produced eight mathematically gifted academics who, among them, contributed substantially to the development of mathematics and physics during the early modern period.
Bernoulli | |
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Current region | Basel, Switzerland |
Place of origin | Antwerp, Belgium |
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Connected families | Curie family |
Distinctions |
Originally from Antwerp, a branch of the family relocated to Basel in 1620.[4] While their origin in Antwerp is certain, proposed earlier connections with the Dutch family of Italian ancestry called Bornouilla (Bernoullie), or with the Castilian family de Bernuy (Bernoille, Bernouille), are uncertain.[4]
The first known member of the family was Leon Bernoulli (d. 1561), a doctor in Antwerp, at that time part of the Spanish Netherlands. His son, Jacob, emigrated to Frankfurt am Main in 1570 to escape from the Spanish persecution of the Protestants. Jacob's grandson, a spice trader, also named Jacob, moved to Basel, Switzerland in 1620, and was granted citizenship in 1622.[4] His son, Niklaus Bernoulli (Nicolaus, 1623–1708), Leon's great-great-grandson, married Margarethe Schönauer.
Margarethe and Niklaus had four sons, of whom Johann and Hieronymus became the progenitors of the "greater" and the "lesser" branches of the family, respectively. The four sons of Margarethe and Niklaus were:[lower-alpha 2]
In addition to Jacob and Johann, the Bernoulli family of mathematicians is generally taken to include:
Several more recent prominent scholars are also descended from the family, including:
The surname survives in Switzerland, with 11 entries in the white pages for the city of Basel as of 2024.[5]
Niklaus (1623–1708) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jakob I (1655–1705) | Nikolaus (1662–1716) | Johann I (1667–1748) | Hieronymus (1669–1760) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nikolaus I (1687–1759) | Nikolaus II (1695–1726) | Daniel (1700–1782) | Johann II (1710–1790) | Franz (1705–1777) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johann III (1744–1807) | Daniel II (1751–1834) | Nikolaus III (1754–1841) | Jakob II (1759–1789) | Hieronymus (1735–1786) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christoph (1782–1863) | Johannes (1785–1869) | Leonhard (1786–1852) | Leonhard (1791–1871) | Nikolaus (1793–1876) | Johann Jacob (1769–1853) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Christoph (1809–1884) | Carl Johann (1835–1906) | Eduard (1819–1899) | August (1839–1921) | Fritz (1824–1913) | Theodor (1837–1909) | Johann Jacob (1802–1892) | Franz (1813–1850) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carl Christoph (1861–1923) | Carl Albrecht (1868–1937) | Eduard (1867–1927) | August Leonhard (1879–1939) | Maria (1868–1963) | Elisabeth (1873–1935) | Hans (1876–1959) | Rudolf (1880–1948) | Johann Jakob (1831–1913) | Carl Gustav (1834–1878) | Ernst (1846–1931) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christoph (1897–1981) | Eva (1903–1995) | Lucas (1907–1976) | Eugen (1882–1983) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornelia (* 1954) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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