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Émile Borel
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Person

Émile Borel

1871 – 1956 · aged 85

French mathematician and politician (1871-1956)

Born
7 Jan 1871 · Saint-Affrique
Died
3 Feb 1956 · 14th arrondissement of Paris

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 7 Jan 1871BornBorn in Saint-Affrique
  2. 1898AwardGrand prix des sciences mathématiques
  3. 1899AwardCours Peccot
  4. 1901AwardPoncelet Prize
  5. 1905AwardPetit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault Award
  6. 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
  7. 1924 – 1936RoleMember of the French National Assembly
  8. 1925RoleMinister of the French Navy
  9. 1932 – 1936RolePresident
  10. 1934RolePresident of the French Academy of Sciences
  11. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  12. 1954AwardCNRS Gold medal
  13. 3 Feb 1956DiedDied in 14th arrondissement of Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1871 – 1956).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  5. 1917Balfour Declaration
  6. 1917February Revolution
  7. 1917October Revolution
  8. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  9. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  10. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  11. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  12. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  14. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  15. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1938Munich Agreement
  17. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis

Biography

Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel (French: [bɔʁɛl]; 7 January 1871 – 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability.

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