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Jacques Tits

Jacques Léon Tits

Belgian mathematician (1930–2021).

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Occupation

Mathematician
University Teacher
Professor

Field of Work

Group Theory
Geometry
Mathematics

Place of Birth

Uccle

Award Received

10 items
Knight of the Legion of Honour
 (1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Officer of the National Order of Merit
 (2001)
Point in Time
: 2001
Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Abel Prize
 (2008)
Together With
:
John G. Thompson
Point in Time
: 2008
Cantor Medal
 (1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
Honorary Doctors of Ghent University
 (2/23/1979)
Point in Time
: 2/23/1979
Honorary Doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain
Prix De L'Etat
 (1976)
Point in Time
: 1976
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
 (1993)
Object Named As
:for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to the theory of the structure of algebraic and other classes of groups and in particular for the theory of buildings.
Award Rationale
: for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to the theory of the structure of algebraic and other classes of groups and in particular for the theory of buildings.
Country of Citizenship
:
France
Point in Time
: 1993

Country of Citizenship

France
 (1974 - )
Start Time
: 1974
Belgium

Date of Birth

8/12/1930

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Given Name

Jacques

Member Of

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
French Academy of Sciences
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
National Academy of Sciences
 (1992 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1992
Academia Europaea
 (1988 - )
Affiliation
:
AE Section Mathematics
Start Time
: 1988
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Employer

University of Bonn
 (1964 - 1974)
Start Time
: 1964
End Time
: 1974
Collège De France
 (1973 - 2000)
Position Held
:
Professor
Start Time
: 1973
End Time
: 2000
Free University of Brussels
 (1956 - 1964)
Start Time
: 1956
End Time
: 1964

Educated At

Université Libre De Bruxelles
 ( - 1950)
End Time
: 1950
Royal Atheneum of Uccle

Name in Native Language

Jacques Tits

Work Location

Bonn
Paris
City of Brussels

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

French
English

Sex or Gender

Male

Spouse

Marie-Jeanne Tits-Dieuaide

Family Name

Tits (Family Name)

Native Language

French

Date of Death

12/5/2021

Place of Death

13th Arrondissement of Paris

Birth Name

Jacques Léon Tits

Doctoral Advisor

Paul Libois

Notable Work

Tits Building
Tits Alternative
Kneser–Tits Conjecture
Tits Group
Tits Metric
(B, N) Pair
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