Pierre Gabriel

Pierre Gabriel (1 August 1933^[1] – 24 November 2015), also known as Peter Gabriel, was a French mathematician at the University of Strasbourg (1962–1970), University of Bonn (1970–1974) and University of 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.^[2]

Pierre Gabriel
Born	(1933-08-01)1 August 1933 Bitche, Lorraine, France[1]
Died	24 November 2015(2015-11-24) (aged 82) St. Gallen
Nationality	French
Alma mater	University of Paris
Known for	Gabriel's theorem Gabriel quotient Gabriel–Zisman localization Gabriel–Rosenberg reconstruction theorem Gabriel–Popescu embedding theorem
Awards	Prix Francoeur (1972) ICM Plenary Speaker (1986)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Zurich University of Bonn University of Strasbourg
Thesis	Des catégories abéliennes  (1961)
Doctoral advisor	Alexander Grothendieck
Doctoral students	Bernhard Keller Christine Riedtmann

His most famous result is Gabriel's theorem that provides a classification of all quivers of finite type.