Claude Berge was the son of André Berge and Geneviève Fourcade, and the great-grandson of French President Félix Faure. Claude was the second of six children; his siblings were Nicole, Antoine, Philippe, Edith and Patrick. He married Jane Gentaz on December 29, 1952 and had one child, Delphine, born March 1, 1964. Although Claude Berge was unsure if he wanted study mathematics, instead often leaning towards literature, after studying at the École des Roches [fr] in Verneuil-sur-Avre, he attended the University of Paris to study mathematics and earned his Ph.D. in 1953, advised by André Lichnerowicz.
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Claude Berge was the son of André Berge and Geneviève Fourcade, and the great-grandson of French President Félix Faure. Claude was the second of six children; his siblings were Nicole, Antoine, Philippe, Edith and Patrick. He married Jane Gentaz on December 29, 1952 and had one child, Delphine, born March 1, 1964. Although Claude Berge was unsure if he wanted study mathematics, instead often leaning towards literature, after studying at the École des Roches [fr] in Verneuil-sur-Avre, he attended the University of Paris to study mathematics and earned his Ph.D. in 1953, advised by André Lichnerowicz.
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