Fourier was born at Auxerre in the Yonne département of France, the son of a tailor. He was orphaned at age eight. Fourier was recommended to the Bishop of Auxerre, and through this introduction, he...
Sir Joseph Lister, Baron Lister of Lyme-Regis, was a famous English surgeon who became the world's foremost authority on preventing infection of wounds and surgical incisions in the late 19th and...