Joseph Louis Lagrange

Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736-1813), Comte, was a famous Italian-French mathematician, born at Turin of French parentage. He had gained at the age of twenty a European reputation by his abstruse algebraical investigations. He was appointed director of Berlin Academy in 1766, pursued his researches there for twenty-one years. In 1787, he removed to Paris, where be received a pension from the Court of 6000 francs, and remained till his death. He was universally respected, and was unscathed by the Revolution. He was appointed to several offices. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour from Napoleon, who made him a count.

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