EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Paris, France

Official Website:
http://www.ens.fr/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Althusser	Philosopher	16-Oct-1918	22-Oct-1990	Marxist theorist, anti-humanist
Raymond Aron	Philosopher	14-Mar-1905	17-Oct-1983	Political philosopher, social theorist
Pierre Auger	Physicist	14-May-1899	25-Dec-1993	Auger effect
Henri Bergson	Philosopher	18-Oct-1859	4-Jan-1941	L'Évolution Créatrice
Léon Blum	Head of State	9-Apr-1872	30-Mar-1950	Thrice Prime Minister of France
Paul Boucherot	Engineer	3-Oct-1869	7-Aug-1943	Ocean thermal energy conversion
Pierre Bourdieu	Anthropologist	1-Aug-1930	23-Jan-2002	Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Élie Cartan	Mathematician	9-Apr-1869	6-May-1951	Spinor groups
Henri Cartan	Mathematician	8-Jul-1904	13-Aug-2008	Leader of the math Bourbakistes
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji	Physicist	1-Apr-1933		Trapped atoms with laser light
Gerard Debreu	Economist	4-Jul-1921	31-Dec-2004	Supply and demand theorist
Jacques Derrida	Philosopher	15-Jul-1930	9-Oct-2004	Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
Assia Djebar	Author	4-Aug-1936	7-Feb-2015	So Vast the Prison
Émile Durkheim	Sociologist	15-Apr-1858	15-Nov-1917	Rules of the Sociological Method
Pierre Fatou	Mathematician	28-Feb-1878	10-Aug-1929	Complex analytic dynamics
Albert Fert	Physicist	7-Mar-1938		Giant magnetoresistance
Maurice Fréchet	Mathematician	2-Sep-1878	4-Jun-1973	Fréchet differential
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes	Physicist	24-Oct-1932	18-May-2007	Molecular structure of polymers
Alexander Grothendieck	Mathematician	28-May-1928	13-Nov-2014	Grothendieck topologies
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard	Mathematician	8-Dec-1865	17-Oct-1963	Prime number theorem
Jean Jaurès	Politician	3-Sep-1859	31-Jul-1914	French socialist leader
Tony Judt	Historian	2-Jan-1948	6-Aug-2010	Postwar
Alain Juppé	Head of State	15-Aug-1945		Prime Minister of France, 1995-97
Alfred Kastler	Physicist	3-May-1902	7-Jan-1984	Optical pumping
Richard Landes	Scholar	24-Jun-1949		Center for Millennial Studies
Paul Langevin	Physicist	23-Jan-1872	19-Dec-1946	Studied piezoelectricity
Jean-Luc Marion	Philosopher	3-Jul-1946		Phenomenologist, God Without Being
Louis Néel	Physicist	22-Nov-1904	17-Nov-2000	Magnetic properties of solids
Louis Pasteur	Chemist	27-Dec-1822	28-Sep-1895	Discovered process of pasteurization
Jean Perrin	Physicist	30-Sep-1870	17-Apr-1942	Verified atomic nature of matter
Georges Pompidou	Head of State	5-Jul-1911	2-Apr-1974	President of France, 1969-74
Romain Rolland	Novelist	29-Jan-1866	30-Dec-1944	Jean-Christophe
Paul Sabatier	Chemist	5-Nov-1854	14-Aug-1941	Heterogeneous catalysis
Michel Sapin	Politician	9-Apr-1952		French Finance Minister
Jean-Paul Sartre	Philosopher	21-Jun-1905	15-Apr-1980	Nausea, No Exit
Simone Weil	Philosopher	3-Feb-1909	24-Aug-1943	The Iliad, or the Poem of Force

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Althusser	Philosopher	16-Oct-1918	22-Oct-1990	Marxist theorist, anti-humanist
Samuel Beckett	Playwright	13-May-1906	22-Dec-1989	Waiting for Godot
Henri Bergson	Philosopher	18-Oct-1859	4-Jan-1941	L'Évolution Créatrice
Paul Boucherot	Engineer	3-Oct-1869	7-Aug-1943	Ocean thermal energy conversion
Henri Cartan	Mathematician	8-Jul-1904	13-Aug-2008	Leader of the math Bourbakistes
Marie Curie	Chemist	7-Nov-1867	4-Jul-1934	Early nuclear chemist
Jacques Derrida	Philosopher	15-Jul-1930	9-Oct-2004	Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
Samuel Eilenberg	Mathematician	30-Sep-1913	30-Jan-1998	Category theory
Alfred Kastler	Physicist	3-May-1902	7-Jan-1984	Optical pumping
Louis Néel	Physicist	22-Nov-1904	17-Nov-2000	Magnetic properties of solids
Romain Rolland	Novelist	29-Jan-1866	30-Dec-1944	Jean-Christophe

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Pasteur	Chemist	27-Dec-1822	28-Sep-1895	Discovered process of pasteurization

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