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Born in Paris in 1955 of Chinese parents, Anne Cheng completed a full course at the Ecole de la République, nurtured by classical and European humanities, all the way to the École normale supérieure, before choosing to devote herself entirely to Chinese …
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Born in 1911. Died in 2001. Education and professional career Philosophy and Khâgne at Lycée Henri IV (Alain's pupil) 1932: École normale supérieure Agrégation in History Doctorat ès Lettres (thesis: " the economic and social foundations of the political …
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Jean-Marie Chevalier is a lecturer at UPEC and co-director of the Groupe de Recherche en Épistémologie. From 2011 to 2014, he was Claudine Tiercelin's assistant lecturer at the Metaphysics and Philosophy of Knowledge Chair at the Collège de France. A …
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Gilles Clément, born October 6 1943 in Argenton-sur-Creuse (Indre), is a French gardener, landscape architect, botanist, entomologist, biologist and writer. After training as a horticultural engineer (1967) and landscape gardener (1969) at the Institut …
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Jean-Paul Clozel is a doctor. He turned to cardiology and became involved in research. Trained in several laboratories in Nancy, Paris, Montreal and San Francisco, he joined the Hoffmann-Laroche laboratory in 1985, where he contributed to major new drug …
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Jean-Louis Cohen is an architect and historian. Jean-Louis Cohen holds a doctorate in art history from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), and headed the architectural research program of the French Ministry of Public Works …
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Born on April 1 1933 in Constantine. Education and professional career 1953-1957 : École normale supérieure 1957 : Agrégation in physical sciences 1957-1959 : Military service 1960-1964 : Research associate at CNRS 1962 : Doctorat d'État 1964-1967 : …
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After training in agronomy and a PhD in physical chemistry at Paris-VI, Paul Colonna spent several years abroad. At INRA, Paul Colonna is Scientific Delegate for Sustainable Development and Director of the Institut Carnot Bioénergies, biomolécules et …
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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 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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Born January 27 1931. Died July 13 2022. Education and professional career 1951-1956 : Student at the École normale supérieure (rue d'Ulm) 1955 : Agrégé in history 1956 : Bachelor's degree in Russian (Certificate of Practical Studies) 1959-1962 : Boarder …
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Pierre Corvol was born in Boulogne-sur-Seine in 1941. He studied both medicine and science at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science in Paris. Appointed intern at Paris hospitals in 1966, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National …
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Patrick Couvreur, a member of the Académie des Sciences, is Professor Emeritus at Paris-Saclay University. He holds the "Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt" chair at the Collège de France (2010), and is a member of the Institut Universitaire de …
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A major figure in contemporary sculpture, Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool in 1949. After training in science and a first job as a technician in a chemical laboratory, he began studying art. In 1976, he became a lecturer at the École des Beaux-Arts in …
