and pioneered in partial differential equations. Johann (II) , the youngest of the three sons, studied law but spent his later years as a professor of mathematics as the University of Basel. He was particularly interested in the mathematical theory of heat and light.
There was another eighteenth - century Nicolaus Bernoulli (1687 - 1759) , a nephew of Jakob and Johann, who achieved some fame in mathematics. This Nicolaus held, for a time, the chair of mathematics at Padua once filled by Galileo. He wrote extensively on geometry and differential equations. Later in life he taught logic and law.
Johann Bernoulli (II) had a son Johann(III) (1744 - 1807) who, like his father, studied law but then turned to mathematics. When barely 19 years old, he was called as a professor of mathematics to the Berlin Academy. He wrote on astronomy, the doctrine of chance, recurring decimals, and indeterminate equations.
Lesser Bernoulli descendants are Daniel (II ) (1751-1834) and Jakob(II) (1759-1789), two other sons of Johann(II), Christoph(1782-1863),a son of Danniel(II), and Johann Gustav(1811-1863), a son of Christoph.