Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1817, akaroora Nancy de Bardi uye vakava nevana vana. Baba vake, avo vane zvakaitika kare zvakanga zvamuita kuti avenge vanhu vakakurumbira, vakamurera mukutenda kwakasimba kweRepublic Yokutanga. Mukati meRevolution, Empire, uye kudzorerwa kwakatevera, Poisson akanga asingafariri zvematongerwe enyika, achinyanya kufunga nezvemasvomhu. Iye akagadzwa kukudzwa kwebaron muna 1825, asi haana kubvisa diploma kana kushandisa zita racho. Muna March 1818, akasarudzwa kuva mumwe weRoyal Society, muna 1822 nhengo yekune dzimwe nyika yeAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences, uye muna 1823 nhengo yekune dzimwe nyika yeRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Nhamba
shanduko yaJuly 1830 yakamutyisidzira nekurasikirwa nerukudzo rwake rwese; asi kunyadziswa uku kuhurumende yaLouis-Philippe kwakadzivirirwa nehunyanzvi naFrançois Jean Dominique Arago, uyo, apo "kubviswa" kwake kwaive kuchirongwa nedare revakuru, akamukumbira kukokwa kuzodya kuPalais-Royal, kwaakagamuchirwa pachena uye nemufaro nemambo mugari, uyo "akamurangarira". Pashure paikoku, chokwadika, kuderedzwa kwake kwakanga kusingabviri, uye makore manomwe gare gare iye akaitwa muenzani weFrance, kwete nokuda kwezvikonzero zvamatongerwe enyika, asi somumiriri wesayenzi yeFrance.