Élie Cartan
French mathematician
Élie Joseph Cartan ForMemRS was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems, and differential geometry. He also made significant contributions to general relativity and indirectly... Wikipedia
Born: April 9, 1869, Dolomieu, France
Died: May 6, 1951 (age 82 years), Paris, France
Education: University of Paris, École normale supérieure, and Janson de Sailly School
Children: Henri Cartan, Louis Cartan, Jean Cartan, and more
Parents: Anne Florentine Cottaz and Joseph Antoine Cartan
Spouse: Marie-Louise Cartan (m. ?–1950)