André-Marie
Ampère
Born in Lyon, Lyonnais, France
Ancestors 
Brother of
Antoinette Ampère and Joséphine Ampère
Husband of
Catherine-Antoinette Carron
— married
7 Aug 1799 in Lyon, Rhône, France
Husband of
Jeanne-Françoise (Potot) Ampère
— married
1 Aug 1806 (to about 1808) in Paris, France
Descendants 
Father of
Jean-Jacques Antoine Ampère and Albine Ampère
Died
at age 61
in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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André-Marie Ampère is Notable.
André Marie Ampère was born on January 20, 1773 in Lyon. He was the son of Jean-Jacques Ampère, a bourgeois living in Lyon, and Jeanne Antoinette de Sarcey. He was baptized 22nd January 1773 in the Saint-Nizier church in Lyon. His godfather was Desutière Sarcey, former captain in the Régiment de Bretagne, and his godmother was Marie Magdeleine Berloy, represented by Antoinette Sarcey.
He was a scientist well known for his work on electricity. The SI unit of electrical current, the ampere [no accent], is named after him.
In first marriage, he married Catherine Antoinette Carron in Lyon, the 20th of thermidor in the 7 year of french revolutionary calendar.
In second marriage, he married Jean-Françoise Potot, but it ended in 1808[1]
He died in the college royal de Marseille (now lycée Thiers) the 10th June 1836.
Biographie
André Marie Ampère est né le 20 janvier 1773 à Lyon. Il est le fils de Jean-Jacques Ampère, bourgeois de Lyon, et de Jeanne Antoinette de Sarcey. Il a été baptisé le 22 janvier suivant en l'église Saint-Nizier de Lyon avec pour parrain Desutière Sarcey, ancien capitaine au Régiment de Bretagne, et pour marraine Marie Magdeleine Berloy, représentée par Antoinette Sarcey[2].
André Marie Ampère, mathématicien a épousé Catherine Antoinette Carron le 20 thermidor an VII à Lyon (division du Nord)[3].
Il est connu pour ses travaux en mathématiques et en physique, notamment sur l'électricité. Il est considéré comme un des pères de l'électricité. En 1808, Napoléon le nomme inspecteur général de l'Université française impériale, récemment créée. En 1814, il est élu membre de l'Académie des sciences à Paris. Il est ensuite professeur au Collège de France (1824-1836). Il est aussi chevalier de la légion d'honneur[4].
L'unité du Système international de l'intensité du courant électrique est l'ampère (A) en hommage à ses travaux.
Il meurt dans le collège royal de Marseille (maintenant lycée Thiers) le 10 juin 1836[5]. Il est ensuite enterré à Paris dans le cimetière de Montmartre[6]
See also
'Michael Faraday - a Sandemanian and Scientist' by Geoffrey Cantor
Sources
- ↑ http://facultes19.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fiche.php?indice=8
- ↑ Acte de baptême: Acte 93, Baptêmes 1773 Lyon Saint-Nizier, Archives de Lyon cote 1GG122 vue 17, consulté le 22 novembre 2019
- ↑ Acte de mariage: Acte 198, Mariages Lyon (division du Nord) an VII, Archives de Lyon cote 2E32 vue 76, consulté le 22 novembre 2019
- ↑ Base Léonore - Notice André Marie Ampère
- ↑ AD 13 Bouches-du-Rhône (acte de décès) D 05/1836 - 02 - 201 E 2941 1/2
- ↑ Geneanet - Cimetières - Montmartre
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