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Born February 6, 1937, Pieter Westbroek studied geology at Leiden University. His doctoral thesis (1967, cum laude ) concerned the paleobiology of Paleozoic brachiopods and in particular the method of shell growth. For the next two years, he studied the …
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Ars longa, vita brevis Roaming Alain Wijffels (b. Switzerland, 1954) studied at various universities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and England. He holds degrees in philosophy (Antwerp), law (Antwerp, Louvain), criminology (Louvain), canon law …
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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2021. Ardem Patapoutian is a molecular biologist specializing in sensory transduction. His research has led to the identification of novel ion channels and receptors activated by temperature, mechanical force and increased cell …
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Orhan Pamuk is a writer and essayist who holds the Robert Yik-Fong Chair in the Humanities at Columbia University, New York. Author of numerous novels, including Cevdet Bey et ses fils (1982), La Maison du silence (1983), Le Château blanc (1985), Le Livre …
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Born April 9 1949, Paris (75). Education and professional career 1978 : DEA (post-graduate diploma) in biochemistry/microbiology, Université Denis-Diderot Paris-VII 1979 : Doctor of Medicine thesis at Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris-VI 1979 : CES …
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Alfred Sauvy was born on October 31, 1898 in Villeneuve de la Raho (Pyrénées Orientales) into a Catalan family of "landowner-viticulturists". Married in April 1932 to Marthe Lamberet. One daughter Anne (born March 5, 1934) and two granddaughters, Corine …
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As a guest lecturer at Sciences-Po Rabat, International University of Rabat, I teach a Master 2 course entitled La politique musulmane de la France et l'islam dans les relations internationales au XXe et XXIe siècles . My doctorate in history, …
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University of Chicago, Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Committee on Social …
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Born in Reims (Marne) on May 10 1923. Died February 20, 2020 . Education and professional career Primary education Lycée de jeunes filles de Mondenard, Bordeaux Secondary studies 1927-1928 : Longchamps annex of Lycée Michel-de-Montaigne, Bordeaux …
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Born on June 13, 1911 in Schwetz, Germany (today Swiecie, Poland). Died on October 9, 1999. Refugee in France in April 1933 Naturalized French on August 30, 1939 Mobilized and sent to Vietnam, active service in mountain artillery (carte du combattant) …
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Ismail Serageldin is a graduate of the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University and obtained his master's and doctorate degrees from Harvard University. Prior to joining the World Bank, Ismail Serageldin worked as a consultant in urban and regional …
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Émilie Sermadiras is an ATER member of the Chair of Modern and Contemporary French Literature at the Collège de France, and a doctoral student at USR 3608 "République des Savoirs" (ENS/CNRS/Collège de France). Agrégée de lettres modernes, she is preparing …
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Born in Bâges (Pyrénées Orientales) on September 15 1926. Son of Jean Serre and Adèle Serre (née Diet), pharmacists. Education and professional career 1932-1937 : Student at École de Vauvert 1937-1945 : Student at Lycée de Nîmes 1944 : Bachelor of Science …
