Johann Heinrich Lambert was a polymath from the Republic of Mulhouse, generally identified as either Swiss or French, who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics, philosophy, astronomy and map projections.
Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777)
Illustration from De ichnographica campi published in Acta Eruditorum, 1763
La perspective affranchie de l'embarras du plan géometral, French edition, 1759
Title page to "Pyrometrie oder vom Maasse des Feuers und der Wärme"
Mulhouse is a city of the European Collectivity of Alsace, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace after Strasbourg.
Mulhouse
Mulhouse joining Alsace 100th anniversary medal 1898 by Frédéric Vernon, obverse
Reverse of the medal
Forts of Mulhouse 1650