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Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20873816","date":"1997"},{"text":"Grand prix des sciences mathématiques","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20723338","date":"1964"},{"text":"Prix de l'Etat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28496163","date":"1964"},{"text":"Concours général","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908793","date":"1934"},{"text":"Prix Francoeur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55138252","date":"1946"},{"text":"Cours Peccot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24928594","date":"1945"},{"text":"Girbal-Baral Foundation Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117478118"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212081#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Schwartz","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212081"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Laurent Schwartz born?","a":"Laurent Schwartz was born on 5 March 1915 in 16th arrondissement of Paris."},{"q":"What positions has Laurent Schwartz held?","a":"Positions held by Laurent Schwartz include: president (1960–1963)."},{"q":"Where did Laurent Schwartz study?","a":"Laurent Schwartz was educated at École Normale Supérieure, Lycée Janson-de-Sailly."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/laurent-schwartz-951f3461f0.jpg","width":152,"height":184,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0 de","credit":"Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaurentSchwartz.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Laurent Schwartz","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Schwartz","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q212081","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212081","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: LaurentSchwartz.jpg by Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen (CC BY-SA 2.0 de)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaurentSchwartz.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Laurent Schwartz, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: LaurentSchwartz.jpg — Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.","cite":"\"Laurent Schwartz\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/laurent-schwartz. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:00:45Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/laurent-schwartz","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/laurent-schwartz","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/laurent-schwartz?lang=ne"}}