Sophie germain biography mathematician

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Born

1 April 1776
Paris, France

Died

27 June 1831
Paris, France

Summary

Sophie Germain made a major contributions to number theory (in particular, the theory of primes), acoustics and elasticity.

Biography

Marie-Sophie Germain was the middle daughter of Ambroise-François Germain (1726-1821), a prosperous merchant, goldsmith and jeweller who later became a silk-merchant, and Marie-Madeleine Gruguelu (?-1823) the daughter of the goldsmith Jean Gruguelu who was a friend of philosophers and political economists.

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Ambroise-François was elected a deputy to the National Assembly in 1789 and later became a director of the Bank of France. Sophie's elder sister was Marie-Madeleine Germain (born 29 May 1770) and her younger sister was Angélique-Ambroise Germain (born 1779). Marie-Madeleine Germain married the notary Charles Lherbette (1752-1836) in 1790 and they had one son Amand-Jacques Lherbette (1791-1864) who became a lawyer, sportsman and politician.

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