Pierre Humbert

Pierre Humbert

Born: 13 June 1891 in Paris, France
Died: 17 Nov 1953 in Paris, France

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Pierre Humbert was a son of Marie Georges Humbert and was educated at the École Polytechnique, then undertook research under Whittaker at the University of Edinburgh. Wounded in World War I he continued his research and obtained a doctorate in 1918. His entire teaching career was at Montpellier.

Humbert developed symbolic calculus and also wrote on the history of mathematics and astronomy.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. P Sergescu, Notice sur Pierre Humbert, Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences 7 (1954), 181-183. 
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