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6 unusual facts about University of Grenoble


D'Arcy McNickle

In 1925 McNickle sold his land allotment on the Flathead Reservation so that he could raise the money necessary to study abroad at Oxford University and the University of Grenoble.

Ilya Lopert

Lopert studied electrical engineering after the First World War in Switzerland, in Belgium at the University of Ghent, and the University of Grenoble from 1930 to 1933.

Joan M. Plaisted

She received her early education in Willmar, Minnesota, and earned her B.A in International Relations and M.A. in Asian Studies from the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., in 1967, as well as graduating from the University of Grenoble in 1967.

Prince Wolrad of Waldeck and Pyrmont

He studied in Oxford and Grenoble, but since these studies do not appear to lead to anything, it was desirable to send him to the army.

University of Grenoble

The university was founded in 1339 by Dauphin Humbert II of Viennois and Pope Benedict XII to teach civil and canon law, medicine, and the liberal arts.

Z notation

He used a notation that would later be taught in the University of Grenoble until the end of the 1980s.


Ashfaq Ahmed

During his stay in Europe, he received diplomas in the Italian and French languages from the University of Rome and University of Grenoble, France.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

After passing her matriculation exam in 1949, Vigdís studied French and French literature at the University of Grenoble and the Sorbonne in Paris from 1949 to 1953, then studied the history of theater at the University of Copenhagen.

Yves Bréchet

He is currently a full professor at Grenoble INP/Phelma, an adjunct professor of materials science and engineering at McMaster University (Canada), a senior Research Professor at the Institut Universitaire de France, and a member of the SIMaP (Materials and Processes Science and Engineering) Laboratory with the University of Grenoble.


see also

Haroon Khan Sherwani

He also spent extensive time studying French at the University of Grenoble in France and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Paul Moskowitz

Moskowitz is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City, received a Ph.D. in Physics from New York University, and has held research and teaching positions at the University of Grenoble, France, the University of Mainz, Germany, and the University of Colorado.