Henri Cartan was a prominent French mathematician, born on July 8, 1904, and he passed away on August 13, 2008. He was known for his contributions to several areas of mathematics, including topology, algebraic topology, and homological algebra. Cartan was a key figure in the development of sheaf theory and cohomology, and he played an important role in the establishment of algebraic geometry and the theory of complex spaces.
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