Claude Chevalley

Claude Chevalley
Y. Akizuki, C. Chevalley and A. Kobori
Born(1909-02-11)February 11, 1909
Johannesburg, Transvaal Colony (now South Africa)
DiedJune 28, 1984(1984-06-28) (aged 75)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrench, American
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
University of Hamburg
University of Marburg
University of Paris
Known forFounding member of Bourbaki
Chevalley–Warning theorem
Chevalley group
Chevalley scheme
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Columbia University
Notable studentsMichel André
Michel Broué
Leon Ehrenpreis
Oscar Goldman
Gerhard Hochschild
Lê Dũng Tráng

Claude Chevalley (French: [ʃəvalɛ]; 11 February 1909 – 28 June 1984) was a French mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, class field theory, finite group theory and the theory of algebraic groups. He was a founding member of the Bourbaki group.