Jean Giraud (mathematician)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox scientist Jean Giraud ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; 2 February 1936 – 27 or 28 March 2007)<ref name=BNF/><ref name="dh">"Un dernier hommage à Jean Giraud" Template:Webarchive, Philippe Gillet, ENS Info 70, April 2007.</ref> was a French mathematician, a student of Alexander Grothendieck.<ref>Template:Mathgenealogy</ref> His research focused on non-abelian cohomology and the theory of topoi. In particular, he authored the book Cohomologie non-abélienne (Springer, 1971) and proved the theorem that bears his name, which gives a characterization of a Grothendieck topos.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
From 1969 to 1989, he was a professor at École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud.<ref name=BNF/>
From 1993 to 1994, he was deputy director for research of École normale supérieure de Lyon, where he was made interim director in 1994 and director from 1995 to 2000.<ref name="dh"/>
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- Jean Giraud, 1936– at Library of Congress Authorities – with 4 catalogue records