Henri Léon Lebesgue
1875 - 1941
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Lebesgue formulated the theory of measure in 1901 and the following year he gave the definition of the Lebesgue integral that generalises the notion of the Riemann integral.
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| Honours awarded to Henri Lebesgue (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| LMS Honorary Member | 1924 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1934 |
| Lunar features | Crater Lebesgue |
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- GMFW (Généralisation de l'intégrale définie -- in French)
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