STURM  , JACQUES See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS (1803-1855), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French mathematician, of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German extraction, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1803 . Originally See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to the son of Mme de See also:

• STAEL, MADAME DE

Stael, he resolved, with his schoolfellow Colladon, to try his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and obtained employment on the Bulletin universel . In 1829 he discovered the theorem, regarding the determination of the number of real roots of a numerical See also:

• EQUATION (from Lat. aequatio, aequare, to equalize)

equation included between given limits, which bears his name (see EQUATION, V.), and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College See also:

• ROLLIN, CHARLES (1661-1741)

Rollin . He was chosen a member of the Academie See also:

• DES

des Sciences in 1836, became " repetiteur " in 1838, and in 184o professor in the 1 cote Polytechnique, and finally succeeded S . D . See also:

• POISSON, SIMEON DENIS (1781-1840)

Poisson in the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics in the Faculte des Sciences at Paris .