Georges Humbert

Marie Georges Humbert

Born: 7 Jan 1859 in Paris, France
Died: 22 Jan 1921 in Paris, France

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Georges Humbert obtained a doctorate in 1885 after a few years as a mining engineer. He lectured at the École Polytechnique then became Jordan's assistant at the Collège de France succeeding to Jordan's chair in 1912.

His doctorate extended Clebsch's work on curves. He then studied Abel and won the 1892 Academy prize for work on Kummer surfaces. He also extended work of Hermite considering applications to number theory throughout his life.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. E Borel, Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Georges Humbert (Paris, 1922). 
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