Henri Villat | |
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Born | 24 December 1879 Paris |
Died | 19 March 1972 | (aged 92)
Nationality | French |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Paris |
Alma mater | University of Montpellier |
Doctoral advisor | Marcel Brillouin Charles Émile Picard |
Doctoral students | Henri Cabannes Ion Cârstoiu Caius Iacob Jean Leray |
Henri René Pierre Villat (24 December 1879 – 19 March 1972) was a French mathematician. He was professor of fluid mechanics at the University of Paris since 1927. Villat became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1932, and its president in 1948.[1]