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Cécile DeWitt-Morette

1922 - 2017

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Cécile Andrée Paule DeWitt-Morette (21 December 1922 – 8 May 2017) was a French mathematician and physicist. She founded the Les Houches School of Physics in the French Alps. For this and her publications, she was awarded the American Society of the French Legion of Honour 2007 Medal for Distinguished Achievement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cécile DeWitt-Morette has received more than 72,841 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Cécile DeWitt-Morette is the 867th most popular mathematician (down from 828th in 2019), the 4,927th most popular biography from France (down from 4,672nd in 2019) and the 109th most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Cécile DeWitt-Morette ranks 867 out of 1,004. Before her are Michael Aschbacher, Richard Brauer, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, William Shanks, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, and Francesco Severi. After her are Thomas Heath, Solomon Marcus, George Salmon, Mark Kac, Salomon Bochner, and Anatoly Karatsuba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Cécile DeWitt-Morette ranks 378. Before her are Raffaele La Capria, Kathleen Booth, Rosendo Hernández, Antoine Blondin, Miron Białoszewski, and Börje Tapper. After her are Turhan Bey, Royal Dano, Charles Brown, Herbert Schade, Roberto Lovera, and Héctor Rossetto. Among people deceased in 2017, Cécile DeWitt-Morette ranks 468. Before her are Valeriu Bularca, Roberto Cabañas, Dieter Kottysch, Massimo Natili, John Nicholson, and Walter Lassally. After her are Molly Peters, William H. Keeler, Roberta Peters, Erika Böhm-Vitense, Luis Garisto, and Clare Hollingworth.

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In France

Among people born in France, Cécile DeWitt-Morette ranks 4,927 out of 6,770. Before her are Mohamed Sissoko (1985), Zacarias Moussaoui (1968), Georges Johin (1877), Lucien Mérignac (1873), Élodie Bouchez (1973), and Octave Chanute (1832). After her are Pierre Pincemaille (1956), Léon Frapié (1863), Luc Alphand (1965), Moussa Marega (1991), Tanguy Ndombele (1996), and François Mazet (1943).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Cécile DeWitt-Morette ranks 109. Before her are Marie-Jeanne de Lalande (1768), Cédric Villani (1973), Laurent Lafforgue (1966), Claire Voisin (1962), Paul Montel (1876), and Roger Apéry (1916). After her are Henri Padé (1863), James Lighthill (1924), Émile Léonard Mathieu (1835), and Hugo Duminil-Copin (1985).

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