Adrien Pouliot

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Adrien Pouliot (January 4, 1896March 10, 1980) was a Canadian mathematician and educator.

Born in Île d'Orléans, Quebec, he obtained a B.A. in applied sciences from the École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1919. He helped to create the department of mathematics at Université Laval where he taught starting in 1922. He was president of the Canadian Mathematical Society from 1949 to 1953. In 1972 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He was head of the Faculty of Science at Laval University from 1940 to 1956 and a buildig is still named after.

The Adrien Pouliot Award is named after him.

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