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Authorised form of nameLions; Jacques Louis (1928 - 2001)
Dates1928 - 2001
NationalityFrench
Place of birthGrasse, France
Date of birth02/05/1928
Date of death17/05/2001
Research fieldMathematics
ActivityEducation:
Ecole Normale Superieure (1947-1950)
Career:
Professor, University of Nancy (1954-1962); Professor, University of Paris (1962-1973); Professor, Ecole Polytechnique (1966-1986); Professor in the Mathematical Analysis and Control of Systems, College de France (1973-1998); first President, French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) (1980-1984); President, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, the French space agency (1984-1992); Director of various companies, including France Telecom; President, International Mathematical Union (1991-1994); proposed and planned World Mathematical Year 2000
Memberships:
Academie des Sciences (1973; President 1996-1998)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election14/03/1996
Age at election67
RelationshipsMarried (1950) Andree Olivier; one son
SourceSources:
Obituary: Independent 30 May 2001
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 275-287, plate, by P G Ciarlet
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/61548804
CodeNA7158
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/002771Lions, Jacques-Louis1996
EC/1996/42Lions, Jacques Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society1992
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