Henri Villat

Details

Instance of

human

Born

24 December 1879

Died

19 March 1972

Place of birth

4th arrondissement of Paris

Place of death

13th arrondissement of Paris

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Henri

Family name

Villat

Sibling

Louis Villat

Field of work

mathematics, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics

Occupation

mathematician, university teacher, hydrologist

Position held

president of the French Academy of Sciences

Citizenship

France

Awards

Poncelet Prize, Prix Francoeur, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, Commander of the National Order of Merit

academic thesis

Sur la résistance des fluides

archives at

French Academy of Sciences

birth name

Henri René Pierre Villat

doctoral advisor

Marcel Brillouin, Charles Émile Picard

doctoral student

Henri Cabannes, Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, Caius Iacob, Jean Leray, Robert Mazet, Ion Cârstoiu, Henri Poncin, Louis Cagniard, Roger Brard, Jean Coulomb, Nicolae Ciorănescu, Albert Gay

educated at

University of Montpellier, Lycée François de Malherbe, École Normale Supérieure

employer

University of Paris, Lycée François de Malherbe, University of Caen Normandy, University of Montpellier, University of Strasbourg, École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace

languages spoken, written or signed

French

member of

French Academy of Sciences, Romanian Academy

place of burial

Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise

writing language

French

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