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Born on April 1st 1947 in Draguignan (Var). Education and professional career 1966-1970: Student at the École normale supérieure 1970-1974: Trainee, then attaché, then chargé at CNRS 1975: Cooperation in Kingston, Canada 1976-1980: Senior lecturer, then …
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Yves Coppens, born in Vannes in 1934, has been fascinated by prehistory since childhood, and began his research career with a number of excavations and prospecting projects in Brittany during his secondary school and university years (advanced studies in …
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Françoise Combes is Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, where she held the Galaxies and Cosmology Chair from 2014 to 2025 . An astrophysicist at Paris Observatory and member of the French Academy of Sciences, Françoise Combes was Deputy Director …
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Born on July 20 1950 in Brussels, Belgium. Education and professional career École Polytechnique alumnus Ponts et Chaussées engineer 1975-1978 : Resident at the Fondation Thiers, CNRS research associate, French linguistics and literature 1978-1985 : …
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Born October 28 1896. Died September 19 1981. …
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Born in Geneva in 1955, Denis Duboule holds both French and Swiss nationalities. He is Honorary Professor of Genetics at the University of Geneva, where he headed the Department of Genetics and Evolution and the Centre National de Compétence en Génétique. …
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Georges Duby was born in Paris in 1919. He completed his secondary education at the Lycée de Mâcon and his higher education at the University of Lyon. He was awarded the Agrégation in geography in 1942, and soon afterwards recruited by medievalist Jean …
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Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Reduction and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is also co-founder and co-director of J-PAL, an anti-poverty action …
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Born in Paris, March 4 1898. Bordelais on his father's side, Angevin on his mother's. Died October 11 1986. Education and professional career After studying at Collège de Neufchâteau, Lycées de Troyes and Tarbes, and Lycée Louis-le-Grand, he entered the …
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Born February 28 1927, Paris. Died October 15 1996. Education and professional career 1948 : Diploma in Japanese 1949 : Degree in Law and Literature 1951 : Diploma in Chinese from the École nationale des Langues Orientales vivantes 1951-1955 : …
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Born 24 June 1940. Married, 2 children. Education and professional career University of Bonn, University of Freiburg/Brsg 1966 : Doctorate 1966-1970 : Lecturer, University of Bonn 1970-1972 : Senior Lecturer, University of Göttingen 1972 : Habilitation …
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Born on June 1, 1902 in Nainville les Roches (Seine et Oise). Died on May 4, 1986. Education and professional career Secondary studies at Lycée Hoche, Versailles, continued in 1919-1921 at Lycée Louis Le Grand, Paris. 1921-1924: Student at the École …
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Born December 22 1921, Algiers. Died on March 4 2018. Education and professional career Secondary studies at Lycée Bugeaud, Algiers 1942 : advanced studies at the Faculté des Lettres d'Alger, licentiate in classics and DES 1942-1945 : mobilized, campaign …
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Born in Warsaw on March 6 1932. Married with two children . Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (Poland). Died July 13 2008. Bronislaw Geremek studied at Warsaw University, graduating in 1954, and at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne, from 1956 to …
