Charles Émile Picard (1856–1941)

Born 1856 CE, died 1941 CE.

Charles Émile Picard (French: [ʃaʁl emil pikaʁ]; 24 July 1856 – 11 December 1941) was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française in 1924.

Text from the Wikipedia article Émile_Picard, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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