Francois-Joseph Servois, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francois-Joseph Servois

mathematician

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1767

Place of Birth: Mont-de-Laval, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1847

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

François-Joseph Servois (born 19 July 1767 in Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France; died 17 April 1847 in Mont-de-Laval, Doubs, France) was a French priest, military officer and mathematician.
His most notable contribution came in his publication of Essai sur un nouveau mode d’exposition des principes du calcul différentiel (Essay on a system of exposition of the principles of differential calculus) in 1814, where he first introduced the mathematical terms for commutative and distributive.