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Jean Cavaillès

1903 - 1944

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Jean Cavaillès (; French: [ʒɑ̃ kavajɛs]; 15 May 1903 – 4 April 1944) was a French philosopher and logician who specialized in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science. He took part in the French Resistance within the Libération movement and was arrested by the Gestapo on 17 February 1944 and shot on 4 April 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Cavaillès is the 1,096th most popular philosopher (down from 1,094th in 2019), the 4,219th most popular biography from France (down from 4,173rd in 2019) and the 132nd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Cavaillès ranks 1,096 out of 1,267. Before him are Clémence Royer, Theodor Benfey, Cleopatra the Alchemist, John Scott Haldane, Eugenio Garin, and Alexander Men. After him are Ivan Kireyevsky, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, and Albert Razin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Jean Cavaillès ranks 232. Before him are Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, Pierre Veyron, Lev Dovator, Juan Aguilera, and Wage Rudolf Supratman. After him are Dumitru Stăniloae, Camilla Horn, Theo Lingen, Olav Sunde, Ronald Syme, and Armand Blanchonnet. Among people deceased in 1944, Jean Cavaillès ranks 248. Before him are Yevgeniya Rudneva, Jędrzej Moraczewski, Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Kustaa Pihlajamäki, and Andrey Toshev. After him are Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, Jacques Roumain, Al Smith, C. V. Boys, and Wendell Willkie.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Cavaillès ranks 4,219 out of 6,770. Before him are Grégory Coupet (1972), Sébastien Ogier (1983), Wissam Ben Yedder (1990), Paul Meurisse (1912), Dominique Colonna (1928), and Lambert I of Nantes (796). After him are Gervase of Tilbury (1155), Jacqueline Auriol (1917), Edmond Delfour (1907), Léon Glovacki (1928), Jules Koundé (1998), and Florence Devouard (1968).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Cavaillès ranks 132. Before him are Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940), Rémi Brague (1947), Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716), Michel Onfray (1959), Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150), and Clémence Royer (1830). After him are Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618), Lucien Sève (1926), Max Bense (1910), André Comte-Sponville (1952), Barbara Cassin (1947), and Quentin Meillassoux (1967).

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