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Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French physicist, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, writer, engineer, and encyclopédistes . Born and raised in Paris, d'Alembert was educated at the University of Paris and Collège des Quatre-Nations . Among his notable works are the development of the Encyclopédie, the D'Alembert operator, and D'Alembert's paradox.
D'Alembert's contributions to the scientific community extend further through his status as a mentor. One of his well-known doctoral students was Pierre-Simon Laplace . D'Alembert held citizenship in France and spent the entirety of his life in the country, as he was born in Paris on November 16, 1717, and passed away in the same city on October 29, 1783.
While d'Alembert's intellectual accomplishments were substantial, his personal life was no less intriguing. He was the illegitimate son of Léopold Philippe d'Arenberg and Claudine Guérin de Tencin.
