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Henri Poincaré

Jules Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912).

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Place of Burial

Montparnasse Cemetery
Burial Plot Reference
:Div. 16
Coordinate Location
: 48.8368°N 2.3256°E

Place of Birth

Nancy
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Meurthe-Et-Moselle
Country
:
Second French Empire

Occupation

10 items
Mathematician
Philosopher
Astronomer
Physicist
Engineer
Philosopher of Science
Topologist
University Teacher
Writer
Polymath

Field of Work

14 items
Algebraic Geometry
Mathematical Analysis
Geometry
Topology
Mathematics
Mechanics
Philosophy
Mathematical Physics
Principle of Relativity
Algebraic Topology
Analytic Function
Theoretical Physics
Astronomy
Celestial Mechanics

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Educated At

Mines ParisTech
(1875 - )
Start Time
: 1875
Science Faculty of Paris
Lycée Henri-Poincaré
École Polytechnique
(1873 - )
Start Time
: 1873
University of Paris

Country of Citizenship

France

Award Received

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Poncelet Prize
(1885)
Point in Time
: 1885
Sylvester Medal
(1901)
Point in Time
: 1901
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
(1900)
Point in Time
: 1900
Bruce Medal
(1911)
Point in Time
: 1911
Bolyai Prize
(1905)
Point in Time
: 1905
Matteucci Medal
(1905)
Point in Time
: 1905
Royal Order of the Polar Star
(1905)
Point in Time
: 1905
Concours Général
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(4/26/1894)
Point in Time
: 4/26/1894
Jean Reynaud Prize
(1896)
Point in Time
: 1896

Native Language

French

Place of Death

Paris
Country
:
French Third Republic

Date of Birth

4/29/1854

Date of Death

7/17/1912

Instance Of

Human

Member Of

20 items
Académie Française
(3/5/1908 - 7/17/1912)
Replaces
:
Sully Prudhomme
Replaced By
:
Alfred Capus
Start Time
: 3/5/1908
End Time
: 7/17/1912
French Academy of Sciences
(1908 - )
Start Time
: 1908
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
(4/26/1894 - )
Start Time
: 4/26/1894
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Académie De Stanislas (Nancy, France)
Académie Lorraine Des Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1899 - )
Start Time
: 1899
Accademia Nazionale Delle Scienze Detta Dei XL
Royal Society of Edinburgh
(1895 - )
Start Time
: 1895
National Academy of Sciences
(1898 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1898
Academy of Sciences of Turin
(5/15/1892 - )
Start Time
: 5/15/1892
Romanian Academy

Given Name

Henri

Described by Source

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24495079
BEIC Digital Library
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24817950
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Otto's Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q52183612
Library of the World's Best Literature
Physicists: Biographical Dictionary
Page(s)
:225
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference

Spouse

Jeanne-Louise Poulain D'Andecy

Child

Jeanne Poincaré
Léon Poincaré

Commons Gallery

Henri Poincaré

Family Name

Poincaré

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
(1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1906)
Point in Time
: 1906
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1907)
Point in Time
: 1907
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1909)
Point in Time
: 1909
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1910)
Point in Time
: 1910
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1911)
Point in Time
: 1911
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1912)
Point in Time
: 1912

Employer

University of Paris
École Polytechnique

Name in Native Language

Henri Poincaré
IPA Transcription
:ɑ̃ʁi pwɛ̃kaʁe
Pronunciation Audio
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Academic Degree

Doctor of Philosophy
(1879)
Conferred By
:
University of Paris
Point in Time
: 1879

Academic Thesis

Q53337653
(1879)
URL
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Doctoral Advisor
:
Charles Hermite
Language of Work or Name
:
French
Point in Time
: 1879

Notable Work

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Poincaré Conjecture
Poincaré Group
Poincaré Recurrence Theorem
Poincaré Disk Model
Poincaré Duality
Poincaré Inequality
Poincaré Map
Poincaré–Bendixson Theorem
Poincaré–Hopf Theorem
Poincaré Half-Plane Model
Poincaré Lemma
Poincaré Metric
Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt Theorem
Poincaré–Birkhoff Theorem
Poincaré–Lelong Equation
Poincaré–Lindstedt Method
Poincaré Plot
Poincaré Residue
Poincaré Series
Poincaré Separation Theorem
Poincaré–Miranda Theorem
Poincaré Space
Poincaré–Steklov Operator
Poincaré Sphere
La Science Et L'Hypothèse / Henri Poincaré

Doctoral Advisor

Charles Hermite

Birth Name

Jules Henri Poincaré
IPA Transcription
:ʒyl ɑ̃ʁi pwɛ̃kaʁe

Cause of Death

Embolism

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

French

Student

Dimitrie Pompeiu
Louis Bachelier

Image of Grave

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Sex or Gender

Male

Father

Émile-Léon Poincaré

Sibling

Aline Boutroux

Position Held

Chairperson
(1886 - 1886)
Replaces
:
Paul Appell
Replaced By
:
Georges-François Fouret
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Société Mathématique De France
Start Time
: 1886
End Time
: 1886
President
(1900 - 1900)
Replaces
:
Émile Guyou
Replaced By
:
Maurice D’Ocagne
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Société Mathématique De France
Start Time
: 1900
End Time
: 1900
Seat 24 of the Académie Française
(3/5/1908 - 7/17/1912)
Replaces
:
Sully Prudhomme
Replaced By
:
Alfred Capus
Series Ordinal
:15
Start Time
: 3/5/1908
End Time
: 7/17/1912
President of the French Academy of Sciences
(1/1/1906 - 12/31/1906)
Replaces
:
Louis Joseph Troost
Replaced By
:
Auguste Chauveau
Series Ordinal
:208
Start Time
: 1/1/1906
End Time
: 12/31/1906

Relative

Nicolas Poincaré
Kinship to Subject
:
Great-Grandson
Raymond Poincaré
Kinship to Subject
:
Male Paternal Parallel Cousin
Lucien Poincaré
Kinship to Subject
:
Male Paternal Parallel Cousin

Assessment

Concours D'entrée À L'École Polytechnique
(1873)
Point in Time
: 1873
Ranking
: 1

Writing Language

French

Participant In

1st Solvay Conference on Physics

Archives At

Museum Boerhaave
Inventory Number
:BOERH a 413
Title
: Les méthodes nouvelles de la mécanique céleste /

Residence

France

Student Of

Charles Hermite

Manner of Death

Natural Causes
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