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Louis Couturat

French logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist (1868–1914)
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Louis Couturat
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Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
January 17, 1868
Date of death
August 3, 1914
Place of birth
Paris, Ris-Orangis[10]
Place of death
Ris-Orangis
Country of citizenship
France[12]
Occupation
philosopher, mathematician, linguist, historian of mathematics, university teacher, Idist, Esperantist[13][14]
Employer
University of Toulouse (1896-1968), Collège de France, University of Caen Normandy[17][18][19]
Field of work
interlinguistics, mathematical logic[15][16]
Educated at
École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris, Lycée Condorcet[20][21][22]
Notable work
Les Principes des mathématiques (1905)[23]
Cause of death
traffic collision[27]
Student of
Alphonse Darlu[32]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Esperanto, Ido, French[36][37][38]
Academic thesis
De l'infini mathématique[31]
Assessment
agrégation of philosophy
Birth name
Alexandre-Louis Couturat[39]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography[34][35]
Family name
Couturat[29]
Given name
Louis[30]
Influenced by
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Bertrand Russell[24][25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
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Manner of death
accidental death[33]
Name in native language
Louis Couturat[40]
Place of burial
Wikidata item[11]
Residence
France[28]
Writing language
French
🏷️ Also known as
en Louis Couturat fa لویی کوتورا ja ルイ・クテュラ ko 루이 쿠튀라 pt Luís Couturat ru Кутюра, Луи ru Луи Кутюра sv Alexandre Louis Couturat uk Луі Кутюра
🔖 Identifiers · 91
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Academy of Athens authority ID
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Angelicum ID
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BHL creator ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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Classiques des sciences sociales ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
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FranceArchives agent ID
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Freebase ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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HelveticArchives ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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IdRef ID
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InPhO ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Kallías ID
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Larousse ID
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Lex ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Libris-URI
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MR Author ID
196310
MacTutor biography ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
59101
Museo Galileo authority ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01446526
NL CR AUT ID
skuk0002113
NLA Trove people ID
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NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Greece ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007274396105171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810672894405606
National Library of Portugal ID
668372
National Library of Russia ID
7756916
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1128039
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069977658, 069220921
Olschki author ID
859
Online Books Page author ID
Couturat, Louis, 1868-1914
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3888010
Open Library ID
OL696862A, OL4469034A
OpenEdition Books author ID
couturat louis
OpenMLOL author ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
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PUG authority ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Poincaré Papers person ID
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Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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Prabook ID
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Project Gutenberg author ID
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Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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ProsopoMaths ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RHE doctor ID
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SBN author ID
CFIV104115
SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
45958
SNAC ARK ID
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Topic's main category
Category:Louis Couturat
Treccani ID
louis-couturat
Treccani's Dizionario di Filosofia ID
louis-couturat
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
louis-couturat
Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
couturat
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058514434606706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1232145
Unz Review author ID
CouturatLouis
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12289866
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/325854
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
louis-couturat
Wellcome Collection concept ID
p27qkk5r
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/5057605b-883e-4297-a510-e1900623d747
ZbMATH author ID
couturat.louis

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
mathematician, philosopher, Esperantist, linguist, university teacher
Languages spoken, written or signed 3
French, Esperanto, Ido
Educated at 2
University of Paris, École Normale Supérieure
Employer 2
Collège de France, University of Toulouse (1896-1968)
Influenced by 2
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Bertrand Russell
Cause of death 1
traffic collision
Country of citizenship 1
France
Field of work 1
interlinguistics
Given name 1
Louis
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
9th arrondissement of Paris
Place of death 1
Ris-Orangis
Residence 1
France
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Alphonse Darlu
Teachers 1
Alphonse Darlu
Writing language 1
French
← Creator 1
Ido
← Translator 1
The Principles of Mathematics
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Summary

Louis Couturat was born on January 17, 1868[1], in Paris[2]. He died on August 3, 1914[3], in Ris-Orangis[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], mathematician[6], linguist[7], historian of mathematics[8], and university teacher[9].

FAQs

Where was Louis Couturat born?

Louis Couturat was born in Paris[2].

Where did Louis Couturat die?

Louis Couturat died in Ris-Orangis[4].

What did Louis Couturat do for work?

Louis Couturat worked as a philosopher[5], mathematician[6], linguist[7], historian of mathematics[8], and university teacher[9].

Where did Louis Couturat go to school?

Louis Couturat was educated at École Normale Supérieure[20], University of Paris[21], and Lycée Condorcet[22].

Related Entities

Bertrand Russell France Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz interlinguistics Ris-Orangis University of Paris

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . link.springer.com. link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . google.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . jstor.org. jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  21. [11] ↑ . laroche-saint-cydroine.a3w.fr. laroche-saint-cydroine.a3w.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [24] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. wikidata.org.
  30. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. google.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . jstor.org. jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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