Record

Authorised form of nameLeray; Jean (1906 - 1998)
Dates1906 - 1998
NationalityFrench
Date of birth07/11/1906
Date of death10/11/1998
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
Ecole Normale Superieure (entered 1926)
Career:
Professor, University of Nancy (1938); Lieutenant in an artillery unit (1939); prisoner of war (1940-1945); changed from studying fluid mechanics to algebraic topology to avoid being forced to collaborate in the German war effort, and submitted research announcements to French journals (1942); Professor, University of Paris (elected 1943, could not take up post until 1945); Professor, College de France (1948); member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1951-1961); proved the Cauchy integral formula, which became known as the Cauchy-Leray formula (1959)
Memberships:
Academie des sciences (Corresponding Member 1944; Member 1953); Fellow of the Americal Philosophical Society (1959)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election30/06/1983
Age at election76
RelationshipsSon of two primary school teachers; married (1931) Marguerite Trumier; three children, Jean-Claude, Francoise, Denis
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 137-148, plate, by Martin Andler
Biographical memoirs, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society vol 144, no. 4 (December 2000) 470-477, plate
CodeNA5959
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/002719Leray, Jean1985
IM/002718Leray, Jean1991
IM/002717Leray, Jeannd
EC/1983/43Leray, Jean: certificate of election to the Royal Society1982
Add to My Items

    Collection highlights

    Browse the records of some of our collections, which cover all branches of science and date from the 12th century onwards. These include the published works of Fellows of the Royal Society, personal papers of eminent scientists, letters and manuscripts sent to the Society or presented at meetings, and administrative records documenting the Society's activities since our foundation in 1660.

    The Royal Society

    The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of
    the world's most eminent scientists and is the
    oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
    Registered charity number 207043

    Website design ©CalmView



    CONTACT US

    + 44 207 451 2500
    (Lines open Mon-Fri, 9:00-17:00. Excludes bank holidays)

    6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

    Email Us →

    SUBSCRIBE

    Subscribe to our newsletters to be updated with the
    latest news on innovation, events, articles and reports.

    Subscribe →

    © CalmView