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Johann Heinrich Lambert

Johann Heinrich Lambert (August 26, 1728 - September 25, 1777), was a German mathematician, physicist, astronomer of French origin.

Lambert was born in Mülhausen (now Mulhouse[?], Alsace, France)

He died in Berlin, Prussia (today Germany).

See also:

Beer-Lambert law (Lambert-Beer law, Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law)
lambert[?]
Lambert's cosine law
Lambert's projection[?]
Lambert's trinomial equation[?]
Lambert's W function
π

External link:

University of St Andrews' page: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lambert

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