Saint Victor in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Évariste Galois

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024

1. Évariste Galois

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Évariste Galois
(1811-1832)
Mathématicien et Républicain
L'un des fondateurs
de l'algèbre moderne
a vecu dans cet immeuble
en 1831

(English translation:)
Évariste Galois (1811-1832) - Mathematician and Republican - One of the founders of modern algebra lived in this building in 1831.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1831.

Location. 48° 51.025′ N, 2° 21.045′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint Victor. It is on Rue des Bernardins north of Boulevard Saint-Germain, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 16 Rue des Bernardins, Paris, Île-de-France 75005, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hôtel de Nesmond (within shouting distance of this marker); Guy Basseau (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Anne Hébert (about 150 meters away); Eglise Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet (about 180 meters away); Square de l’Île-de-France (1914) (about 180 meters away); Le mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation / The Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation (about 180 meters away); École Élémentaire rue de Pontoise Deported Jewish Students Memorial (about 180 meters away); Dante rédige la Divine Comédie (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Évariste Galois (Wikipedia). Overview:

Évariste Galois (25 October 1811 – 31 May 1832) was a French mathematician and political activist. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a problem that had been open for 350 years. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory and group theory, two major branches of abstract algebra.

Galois was a staunch
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024

2. Évariste Galois Marker - wide view
republican and was heavily involved in the political turmoil that surrounded the French Revolution of 1830. As a result of his political activism, he was arrested repeatedly, serving one jail sentence of several months. For reasons that remain obscure, shortly after his release from prison, Galois fought in a duel and died of the wounds he suffered.

(Submitted on October 18, 2024.)

Évariste Galois Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024

3. Évariste Galois Marker - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 106 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 18, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.