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Fourier accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his Egyptian expedition in 1798, as scientific adviser, and was appointed secretary of the Institut d'Égypte. Cut off from France by the British fleet, he organized the workshops on which the French army had to rely for their munitions of war.
Sep 29, 2023 · In 1798, Fourier embarked on a scientific expedition to Egypt with Napoleon Bonaparte. During his time there, Fourier conducted extensive research on Egyptian antiquities, laying the groundwork for his future work as a prominent Egyptologist.
In 1798, with Monge and others, Fourier accompanied Napoleon on his expedition to Egypt. Until 1801 he was engaged in extensive research on Egyptian antiquities , gave advice on engineering and diplomatic undertakings, and served for three years as the secretary of the Institut d’Égypte, which Napoleon established in Cairo in 1798.
- Dirk Jan Struik
May 29, 2018 · Fourier was 30 when Napoleon requested his participation as scientific adviser on an expedition to Egypt. Fourier served from 1798 to 1802 as secretary of the Institut d'Égypte, established by Napoleon to explore systematically the archeological riches of that ancient land.
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (March 21, 1768 – May 16, 1830) was a French mathematician, physicist and government administrator during the reign of Napoleon who is best known for his study of heat conduction, and for using series of trigonometric functions, now called Fourier series, to solve difficult mathematical problems.
Fourier was placed in a tricky position in 1814, when Napoleon abdicated and set out for Elba with every likelihood of passing southward through Grenoble, on what has come to be known today as the Route Napoleon.
Dec 3, 2016 · Napoleon, irritated by Fourier’s failure to greet him in Grenoble, suspended him from office and required him to evacuate the territory of the 7th military division within five days. Failure to do so meant arrest as an enemy of the nation.
