Charles Ehresmann: advisors and students

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Charles Ehresmann

French mathematician1905 to 1979

Supervised 1 doctoral student at Université de Strasbourg; Wikidata names Élie Cartan as doctoral advisor, lists 11 doctoral students, and lists 67 people they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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Students1

cited by a thesis record
Paulette Libermann “Sur le problème d'équivalence de certaines structures infinitésimales.”
1953 · Université de Strasbourg · doctoral

Advisors on Wikidata1

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
Élie Cartan

Students on Wikidata11

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records.

stated by Wikidata
Jacques Feldbau
born 1914
stated by Wikidata
Paulette Libermann
born 1919
stated by Wikidata
Wu Wenjun
born 1919
stated by Wikidata
Georges Reeb
born 1920
stated by Wikidata
Michel Zisman
born 1928
stated by Wikidata
André Haefliger
born 1929
stated by Wikidata
Nguyen Dinh Ngoc
born 1932
stated by Wikidata
Valentin Poénaru
born 1932
stated by Wikidata
Guido Palias
born 1933
stated by Wikidata
Jean Pradines
stated by Wikidata
Stephan Foldes

Taught67

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Paul Ver Eecke
born 1867
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Hassan Akbar-Zadeh
born 1927
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Horst Dieter Ibisch
born 1932
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean Bénabou
born 1932
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Guido Palias
born 1933
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gérard Detourbet
born 1946
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nadine Bednarz
born 1947
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Syméon Bozapalides
born 1948
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Albert Burroni
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alberto Campos
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alinaghie Zand
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Anne-Marie Kempf
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Antonio Kumpera
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Armando Machado
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Bernard Ferrif
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Chih-Ta Yen
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Christian Lair
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Claude Hayat Legrand
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Constantino M. de Barros
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Daniel Tanré
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Danielle Chamaillard
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Dominique Bourn
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Dominique Prochasson
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Florence Cury
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
François Conduché
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
François Foltz
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Françoise Benzécri-Le Roy
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Françoise Berquier
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
G. Moreau
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Georges Blanc
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Georges Hoff
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ghislain Dartois
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gérard Joubert
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gérard Weidenfeld
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
J. B. Langbaum
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jacqueline Klasa
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jacques Penon
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean Houdebine
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean-Jacques Horrent
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean-Marc Cordier
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean-Marie Sirot
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean-Pierre Barthélemy
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Joseph Chacron
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Kilambi Srinivasacharyulu
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Laurent Coppey
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Lorenzo Calabi
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Luc Van den Bril
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Marie-Claude Leblond
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Mario Chartrelle
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Michel Simonnet
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Michèle Weidenfeld
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Mohammed T. Sadr
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
N. Aboul-Dahab
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
N. Baroudi
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nathalie Charraud
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nikias Stavroulakis
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Philippe Vincent
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Pierre Variot
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ping Cheng Yuen
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
René Guitart
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Richard Mijoule
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Sami Harari
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Seyed-Kazem Lellahi
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Solange Legrand
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
V. Davar-Panah
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Élisabeth Burroni
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Élisabeth Vaugelade

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataÉlie Cartan
2 steps up
stated by WikidataJean Gaston Darbouxstated by WikidataSophus Lie
3 steps up
stated by WikidataCarl Anton Bjerknesstated by WikidataCato Maximilian Guldbergstated by WikidataMichel Chasles
4 steps up
stated by WikidataBernhard Riemannstated by WikidataBernt Michael Holmboestated by WikidataJohann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichletstated by WikidataSiméon Denis Poisson

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 197 people: 1 cited by thesis records, 196 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

stated by Wikidata
On the topology of certain homogeneous spaces
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career7

From Wikidata, shown separately from the thesis records. Each place opens its Wikidata item.

1918 to 1924
Lycée Kléber
studied
1924 to 1927
École Normale Supérieure
studied
1930 to 1931
University of Göttingen
studied
1932 to 1934
Princeton University
studied
1934 to 1939
National Center for Scientific Research
worked
1939 to 1955
University of Strasbourg
worked
1955 to 1975
University of Paris
worked

Sat beside the lineage1

jury member, not advisor

cited by a thesis record
Paulette Libermann “Sur le problème d'équivalence de certaines structures infinitésimales.”
jury member · 1953 · Université de Strasbourg · doctoral

At a glance

known as: mathematician
notable works: Ehresmann connection, Ehresmann's theorem
Wikipedia: in 15 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere7

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaCharles Ehresmann
stated by WikidataWikidataQ304712
stated by WikidataVIAF68991602
stated by WikidataGND117709727
stated by WikidataIdRef031673635
stated by WikidataISNI0000000109121974

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project96080

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Read on 3 November 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Charles Ehresmann: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
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  note = {read on 2026-11-03}
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Academic Ancestry. (2026, November 3). Charles Ehresmann: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-11-03]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q304712