Louis Paul Émile Richard (31 March 1795 – 11 March 1849) was a French mathematician and teacher at the Collège Louis-le-Grand. Although he published nothing himself, he was known for his inspiring teaching and was one of the teachers of

Évariste Galois Évariste Galois (; ; 25 October 1811 – 31 May 1832) was a French mathematician and political activist. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by Nth root, ...

. Richard was born in

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where his father was an artillery colonel. A physical injury in childhood prevented him from following a military career. This made him become a mathematics teacher for military aspirants, first at the

lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

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, then at the Collège de Pontivy (from 1815), Collège Saint-Louis (from 1820) and finally the Collège Louis-le-Grand (from 1822). Students from the college typically went into the

École Polytechnique (, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris. The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...

and

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. His students included Evariste Galois,

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, Joseph Serret, and

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