Pierre Samuel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Samuel

French mathematician

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1921

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 23-Aug-2009

Profession: mathematician, historian of science, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Pierre Samuel (12 September 1921 – 23 August 2009) was a French mathematician, known for his work in commutative algebra and its applications to algebraic geometry.
The two-volume work Commutative Algebra that he wrote with Oscar Zariski is a classic.
Other books of his covered projective geometry and algebraic number theory.