Francine Faure

Mathematician, Musical Artist

1914 – 1979

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Who was Francine Faure?

Francine Faure, a pianist specializing in Bach and a mathematician, is perhaps best known as the second wife of Albert Camus, whom she met in 1937 in Algiers. They were married in Lyon on 3 December 1940. She came from a middle-class French family in Oran, Algeria, which was a French colony at the time. She also taught mathematics, sometimes as a substitute teacher.

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Born
Dec 6, 1914
Oran
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  • France
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Died
Dec 24, 1979

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on July 23, 2013

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