Human Accomplishment: Émile Borel

a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability.

Born

Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel 7 January 1871 Saint-Affrique, France

Died

3 February 1956 (aged 85) Paris, France

Nationality

French

Known for

Measure theory Probability theory

Fields

Mathematics

Alma mater

École normale supérieure Paris

Institutions

University of Paris

adultbasic

France

Doctoral advisor

Gaston Darboux

Doctoral students

Paul Dienes Henri Lebesgue Paul Montel Georges Valiron

era

1800+

Preceded by

Jacques-Louis Dumesnil

Prime Minister

Paul Painlevé

Succeeded by

Georges Leygues

Thesis

Sur quelques points de la théorie des fonctions (1893)

Émile Borel