Henri Poincaré
French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)
Henri Poincaré was born on April 29, 1854 in Nancy and died on July 17, 1912 in Paris, aged 58. Recorded occupations: mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physicist, engineer and philosopher of science. Country of citizenship: France. Positions held include president of the Mathematical Society of France, Member of the Académie française and president of the French Academy of Sciences. Fields of work: algebraic geometry, mathematical analysis, geometry and topology. Notable works include “Poincaré conjecture”, “Poincaré group”, “Poincaré recurrence theorem”, “Poincaré disk model”, “Poincaré duality” and “Poincaré inequality”. Educated at Mines ParisTech, lycée Henri-Poincaré, École polytechnique and University of Paris. Honours include Poncelet Prize, Sylvester Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bruce Medal and Bolyai Prize. Member of Académie Française, French Academy of Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony.
- Born
- April 29, 1854 · Nancy
- Died
- July 17, 1912 · Paris
- Age at death
- 58
- Citizenship
- France
- Occupations
- mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher of science
- Positions held
- president of the Mathematical Society of France, Member of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
- Notable works
- Poincaré conjecture, Poincaré group, Poincaré recurrence theorem, Poincaré disk model, Poincaré duality, Poincaré inequality
- Education
- Mines ParisTech, lycée Henri-Poincaré, École polytechnique, University of Paris
- Honours
- Poncelet Prize, Sylvester Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bruce Medal, Bolyai Prize
- Wikipedia editions
- 96 languages
- Signature licence
- Public domain
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