Born in Bourbon l’Archambault on January 21, 1915. Died on December 11, 1998.
Education and Professional Career
- 1937–1941: Research Assistant, then Research Fellow at the CNRS
- 1941–1949: Lecturer, then professor of Rational Mechanics at the Faculty of Sciences in Strasbourg
- 1945: Appointed to teach the Peccot course at the Collège de France
- 1949–1952: Professor of Mathematical Methods in Physics at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris
- 1952–1986: Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Mathematical Physics
Scholarly Societies and Academies
- Foreign Member of the Academies of Sciences of Milan and Turin
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society of Sciences of Liège
- 1962: Associate Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome
- 1963: Member of the Academy of Sciences in Paris
- 1968: Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Madrid
- 1975: Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, Brussels
- 1981: Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Awards and Honors
- 1955: Fubini International Prize in Mathematics
- 1959: Former President of the Mathematical Society of France
- 1966: Commander of the Order of Merit
- 1966: Commander of the Order of Academic Palms
- 1973: Copernicus Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1976: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waterloo
- 1977: Commander of the Legion of Honor
- 1984: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Coimbra