Francine Faure
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Francine Faure, a noted mathematician
, is perhaps best known (by philosophers) as the second wife of Albert Camus
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Friends of Camus reported that Francine had something of a fiery temper, and once threw a tray of cocktail drinks at Albert during an argument.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, is perhaps best known (by philosophers) as the second wife of Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...
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Personal life
Although Camus was indifferent to formal marriage, the couple had twins, Catherine and Jean Camus, in 1944.Friends of Camus reported that Francine had something of a fiery temper, and once threw a tray of cocktail drinks at Albert during an argument.