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Henri Cartan
Henri Paul Cartan was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology.
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science · French mathematician (1904–2008) · mathematician · university teacher · translator · researcher · also Henri Cartan, Cartan
Born 8 July 1904 · Died 13 August 2008 · Q164405
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2008· 3 entries
The Washington Post: Henri Cartan; Researcher Helped Revolutionize Math
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Died 2008-08-13.
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (1996).
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1992· 1 entry
Gave a speech at the first European Congress of Mathematics in Paris, remarking the common heritage and future of European countries and praising the first reunion between mathematicians from the two previously separa
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award (1989).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Zaragoza (1984).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1980).
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1976· 1 entry
Won CNRS Gold medal (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
Was professor at Paris-Sud University
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1971).
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1964· 1 entry
Officier de la Légion d'honneur in 1965 and Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite in 1971
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1959· 2 entries
Won Émile Picard Medal (1959).
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The CNRS Gold Medal in 1976, and the Wolf Prize in 1980
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1950· 1 entry
Was elected president of the Société mathématique de France and from 1967 to 1970 he was president of the International Mathematics Union
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1940· 1 entry
Returned to Paris to work at Université de Paris and École Normale Supérieure
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1932· 3 entries
Awarded Cours Peccot (1932).
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Cartan was invited to give a Cours Peccot at the Collège de France
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In Zürich and a Plenary Speaker at the ICM in 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in 1958 in Edinburgh
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1928· 1 entry
Studied at École Normale Supérieure (1923–1928).
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1923· 2 entries
Studied at Lycée Hoche (1923).
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Started studying mathematics at École Normale Supérieure, receiving an agrégation in 1926 and a doctorate in 1928
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1909· 1 entry
And he attended secondary school at Lycée Hoche in Versailles
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1904· 1 entry
Born 1904-07-08.
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