Jean-Baptiste Biot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean-Baptiste Biot

French scientist

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1774

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1862

Profession: astronomer, engineer, professor, astrologer, physicist, mathematician, civil engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jean-Baptiste Biot (; French: [bjo]; 21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light.
The mineral biotite and Cape Biot in Greenland were named in his honor.