| Pierre Gabriel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 August 1933 Bitche, Lorraine, France |
| Died | 24 November 2015 (aged 82) St. Gallen |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Zurich |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Thesis | Des catégories abéliennes (1961) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alexander Grothendieck |
| Doctoral students | Klaus Bongartz Bernhard Keller Nikos Marmaridis Christine Riedtmann |
Pierre Gabriel (1 August 1933 – 24 November 2015), also known as Peter Gabriel, was a French mathematician at the universities of Strasbourg (1962-1970), Bonn (1970-1974) and Zürich (1974-1998) who worked on category theory, algebraic groups, and representation theory of algebras. He was elected a correspondent member of the French Academy of Sciences in November 1986.