Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde
French musician, mathematician and chemist
Years: 1735 - 1796
Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (28 February 1735 – 1 January 1796) is a French musician, mathematician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics.
He was born in Paris, and dies there.
