Nicolaus Bernoulli (1662 - 1716)

Born 1662 in Basel, Basel, Schweiz

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Died 1716 at about age 54 in Basel, Basel, Schweiz

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Biography

Nicholas Bernoulli "the elder" was the son of Nicolaus and Margaretha Bernoulli.^[1]

Born in 1662 and died in 1716, he was a portrait painter.^[1] He painted, in 1687, the picture of Jacob, resting his right hand on a globe. He also served on the Basel city council.^[2]

A son: Nicolaus Bernoulli (1687-1759), nephew of Jacob and Johann Bernoulli. He was Jacob's student, studied also law, and contributed to the study of mathematical probability with his law thesis.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Bernoulli, Jacob. Translated and introduced by Edith Dudley Sylla. The Art of Conjecturing, Together with Letter to a Friend on Sets in Court Tennis. JHU Press, 2006. (pp 1-)
2. ↑ C.C. Heyde, E. Seneta. Statisticians of The Centuries. Springer Science & Business Media, 2001.

• Basler Patrizier Stämme (www.stroux.org)
• "The Bernoullis: When Math is the Family Business." SciShow 8 Sept 2016. Youtube (Web). 12 Sept 2016.