Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cécile DeWitt-Morette

Mathematician, physicist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1922

Place of Birth: 6th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-May-2017

Profession: physicist, mathematician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Cécile DeWitt-Morette

  • Cécile Andrée Paule DeWitt-Morette (21 December 1922 – 8 May 2017) was a French mathematician and physicist.
  • She founded a summer school at Les Houches in the French Alps.
  • For this and her publications, she was awarded the American Society of the French Legion of Honour 2007 Medal for Distinguished Achievement.
  • Attendees at the summer school included over twenty students who would go on to be Nobel Prize winners, including Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Georges Charpak, and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, who identify the school for assisting in their success.

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