Biography
Fatou entered the École Normale Supérieure in Paris in 1898 to study mathematics and graduated in 1901 when he was appointed an observer (stagiaire) in the Paris Observatory. Fatou was promoted to assistant astronomer in 1904 and to astronomer (astronom titulaire) in 1928. He worked in this observatory until his death.
Fatou was awarded the Becquerel prize in 1918; he was a knight of the Legion of Honour (1923). He was the president of the French mathematical society in 1927.
He was in friendly relations with several contemporary French mathematicians, especially, Maurice René Fréchet and Paul Montel.
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