Person Leray; Jean (1906 - 1998) Leray Jean 1906 - 1998 French Male 07/11/1906 19061107 10/11/1998 19981110

Mathematics Education: 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) Son of two primary school teachers; married (1931) Marguerite Trumier; three children, Jean-Claude, Francoise, Denis Foreign Member 30/06/1983 76 Obituaries: 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 7 Nov 1906 - 10 Nov 1998 NA5959 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes fee69381-964e-4479-9117-7b2d51fa324e