Eugène Fabry | |
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Died | 6 October 1944 | (aged 87)
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Lycée Thiers École polytechnique |
Known for | Fabry gap theorem |
Charles Eugène Fabry (French: [øʒɛn fabʁi]; 16 October 1856 – 6 October 1944) was a French mathematician. Fabry is best known for studying the singularities of analytic functions, including proving the Fabry gap theorem. [2] [3]
Eugène Fabry, born in Marseille, was the second of five sons in his family. His brothers included physicist Charles Fabry and astronomer Louis Fabry. [4]
He became professor of analysis at Aix-Marseille University and the University of Montpellier, and a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences. [4]
He was the 1930 recipient of the Prix Francoeur of the French Academy of Sciences, "for his work on the singularities of analytical functions". [5]