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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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Born October 6, 1895, Saxon-Sion (Meurthe et Moselle). Died March 14, 1986 in Paris. Born into a family of teachers. Training and professional career Secondary school in Pont-à-Mousson 1913: SPCN at Nancy Faculty of Science 1914-1919: Mobilized in …
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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 …
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Jean-Philippe Bouchaud was born in 1962. An alumnus of the École normale supérieure, he is Chairman and Chief Research Officer of Capital Fund Management. A specialist in the statistical physics of disordered media, he is one of the pioneers of …
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Patrick Boucheron was born in 1965 in Paris. After attending high school at the Lycée Marcelin-Berthelot (Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) and then the Lycée Henri-IV (Paris), he entered the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud in 1985 and earned his agrégation …
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Born April 24 1923, Épinal (Vosges). Died September 1 2004. Training and professional career Orientalist : Semitic history and civilizations, history of Semitic religions and biblical studies (exegesis, study of Israelite institutions and ideas, Qumran …
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Manuela Carneiro da Cunha studied mathematics at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris, before turning to anthropology in Claude Lévi-Strauss's seminar. Returning to Brazil, she was successively Professor of Anthropology at the University of Campinas and the …
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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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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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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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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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François Bourguignon was Director of the Paris School of Economics from 2007 to 2013, as well as Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. From 2003 to 2007, he was Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank …
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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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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 …
