Jean Favard
1902
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1965
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
occupation: mathematician, university teacher
award received: Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand prix des sciences mathématiques, Cours Peccot
Jean Favard (28 August 1902 – 21 January 1965) was a French mathematician who worked on analysis. Favard was born in Peyrat-la-Nonière. During World War II he was a prisoner of war in Germany. He also was a President of the French Mathematical Society in 1946. He died in La Tronche, aged 62. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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