Cauchy, Augustin Louis, mathematician, born in Paris; wrote largely on physical subjects; his “Memoir” on the theory of the waves suggested the undulatory theory of light; professor of Astronomy at Paris; declined to take the oath of allegiance to Napoleon III., and retired (1789‒1857).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Cauchon * Caucus