Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

Joseph Fourier's father was a tailor in Auxerre.Joseph's mother died went he was nine years old and his father died the following year.There Joseph studied Latin and French and showed great promise.Fourier was unsure if he was making the right decision in training for the priesthood.Fourier did not take his religious vows.Fourier defended members of one faction while in Orlans.Citizen Fourier, a young man full of intelligence, eloquence and zeal, was sent to Loiret.It seems that Fourier ... got up on certain popular platforms.Later in 1794 Fourier was nominated to study at the cole Normale in Paris.By 1 September 1795 Fourier was back teaching at the cole Polytechnique.