Armand Borel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Armand Borel

Swiss mathematician (1923-2003)

Date of Birth: 21-May-1923

Place of Birth: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Date of Death: 11-Aug-2003

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, topologist

Nationality: United States, Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Armand Borel (21 May 1923 – 11 August 2003) was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States from 1957 to 1993.
He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups.