Gender | Male |
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Weekday | Monday |
Date | Sept. 1, 1930 |
Time | 6 a.m. |
Daylight Saving | Yes |
City | Agen, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
Geo-location | 44ºN12'7.16", |
Timezone | Europe/Paris |
City | Agen, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
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Timezone | Europe/Paris |
Time (Europe/Paris) | Sep. 01, 1930, 06:00:00 AM |
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Time (UTC) | Sep. 01, 1930, 05:00:00 AM |
Time (LMT) | Sep. 01, 1930, 05:02:29 AM |
Time (Julian) | 2426220.70833333 |
LMT Correction | 0.0414 Hrs |
Ayanmsha | True Chitra - 22º52'11.1" |
French philosopher, naval officer and educator. Serres studied at the Naval college in 1949 and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in 1952. From 1956 to 1958 he served on a variety of ships as a marine officer for the French national maritime service. In 1968, he gained a doctorate for a thesis on Leibniz's philosophy. During the 1960s he taught with Michel Foucault at the Universities of Clermont-Ferrand and Vincennes and was later appointed to a chair in the history of science at the Sorbonne, where he still teaches. Serres has also been a full professor at Stanford University since 1984, and he was elected to the French Academy in 1990. He is the author of "The Troubadour of Knowledge," "The Birth of Physics, Rome," "The Book of Foundations, A History of Scientific Thought," "Angels: A Modern Myth" and many more important volumes. He married on 26 September 1952. In 2012, Serres was awarded the Meister Eckhart Prize and in 2013 he was awarded the Dan David Prize. He died on 1 June 2019, at the age of 88. Link to Wikipedia biography
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
New Career |
Jan. 1, 1956 |
Work : New Career 1956 (Marine officer, two years) |
2 |
New Job |
Jan. 1, 1984 |
Work : New Job 1984 (Professor at Stanford Univ.) |
3 |
Gain Social Status |
Jan. 1, 1990 |
Work : Gain social status 1990 (Elected to French Academy) |
4 |
Prize |
Jan. 1, 2012 |
Work : Prize 2012 (Meister Eckhart Prize) |
5 |
Prize |
Jan. 1, 2013 |
Work : Prize 2013 (Dan David Prize) |
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Marriage |
Sept. 26, 1952 |
Relationship : Marriage 26 September 1952 . |
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Unspecified |
June 1, 2019 |
Death, Cause unspecified 1 June 2019 (Age 88) . |
Degree Enrollment
Jan. 1, 1949
Social : Begin a program of study 1949 (Naval college)
Degree Enrollment
Jan. 1, 1952
Social : Begin a program of study 1952 (Ecole Normale Superierure)
Degree Completion
Jan. 1, 1968
Social : End a program of study 1968 (Doctorate)