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Thanks, I checked the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck. It says in t

by thebear 12y ago

Thanks, I checked the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck. It says in the first paragraph: 'He consistently spelt his first name "Alexander" rather than the French "Alexandre"', and they give a reference for that.

hokkos 12y ago
The french wikipedia says he cared a lot about the spelling "Alexander", but signed his french work as "Alexadre".