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Pierre Léon Boutroux (6 December 1880 – 15 August 1922) was a French mathematician and historian of science. Boutroux is chiefly known for his work in the history and philosophy of mathematics.

Biography

He was born in Paris on 6 December 1880 into a well connected family of the French intelligentsia. His father was the philosopher Émile Boutroux. His mother was Aline Catherine Eugénie Poincaré, sister of the scientist and mathematician Henri Poincaré. A cousin, Raymond Poincaré was to be President of France.

Pierre Boutroux , ca. 1911

He occupied the mathematics chair at Princeton University from 1913 until 1914.[1] He occupied the History of sciences chair from 1920 to 1922.

Boutroux published his major work Les principes de l'analyse mathématique in two volumes; Volume 1 in 1914 and Volume 2 in 1919. This is a comprehensive view of the whole field of mathematics at the time.

He died on 15 August 1922, aged 41 years.
References

^ "Princeton Gets Prof. Boutroux". Christian Science Monitor. April 26, 1913. Retrieved 2010-11-09. "Prof. Pierre Boutroux of Poitiers, France, will join the faculty of Princeton University next fall, according to a cable message received here Friday by Dr. Hibben."