Background
Tits, Jacques Léon was born on August 12, 1930 in Uccle, Belgium. Naturalized, France, 1974. Son of Léon and Louisa (André) Tits.
Tits, Jacques Léon was born on August 12, 1930 in Uccle, Belgium. Naturalized, France, 1974. Son of Léon and Louisa (André) Tits.
Doctor of Philosophy, Free University Brussels, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Utrecht, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Ghent, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Bonn, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Louvain, 1992.
Assistant University of Brussels 57, in charge of course 1957-1962, professor 1962-1964. Professor University of Bonn 74. Association Professor College de France, Paris 1973-1974, Titular Professor, of Theory of Groups since 1975. Visiting Teacher and Professor Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich 1950, 1951, 1953, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton 52, 1963, 1969, 1971-1972, University of Rome 1955, 1956, University of Chicago 1963, University of California, Berkeley 1963, University of Tokyo and Kyoto 1971, Yale University 1966-1967, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Married Marie-Jeanne Dieuaide, September 8, 1956.