Background
Leray, Jean was born on November 7, 1906 in Nantes, France. Son of Francis and Baptistine (Pineau) Leray.
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Jean Leray
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Agregation, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1926. Doctorate, National Center for Science Research, 1933. Degree (honorary), University Chicago.
Degree (honorary), University Brussels.
Career
Professor mathematics, U. Nancy, France, 1938-1941; professor mathematics, U. Paris, 1941-1947; professor mathematics, College de France, Paris, 1947-1978; professor emeritus, College de France, Paris, since 1978.
Achievements
Membership
Served to lieutenant French Army, 1939-1945. Foreign member National Academy of Sciences United States of America, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Royal Society London, Academy Nazionale dei Lincei (Feltrinelli prize 1971), Academy Polonaise Sciences, Academy Nazionale Science detta dei Extra Large, Institute Lombardo, Academy of Sciences e Lettere, Academy of Sciences, Lettere e Arti Palermo, National Academy of Sciences Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Member Society Mathematics Suisse (honorary), Academy Royale Belgique (associate), Academy of Sciences Torino (correspondent), Academy of Sciences Paris, Wissens Akademy Science Gottingen.
Connections
Married Marguerite Trumier, October 20, 1932. Children: Jean-Claude, Françoise, Denis.
