Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel was a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability. Wikipedia
Born: January 7, 1871, Saint-Affrique, France
Died: February 3, 1956 (age 85 years), Paris, France
Education: École normale supérieure and Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Books: Algèbre, Volume 2, The Book of the Opening of the Rice Institute: Being an Account, of an Academic Festival Held in Celebration of the Formal Opening of the Rice Institute, a University of Liberal and Technical Learning Founded in the City of Houston, Texas, by William Marsh Rice and Dedicated by Him to the Advancement of Letters, Science, and Art, I. Aggregates of Zero Measure: II. Monogenic Uniform Non-analytic Functions ..., and more
Academic advisor: Jean Gaston Darboux
Organization founded: Paris Institute of Statistics
Awards: Poncelet Prize, Resistance Medal, Croix de Guerre 1939–1945, and more