William Rivier

William Rivier (12 December 1882[1] – 19 November 1974[2]) was a Swiss mathematician, philosopher, and chess player.

Rivier was born in Bienne to a pastor in the Free Church of Vaud. One of his siblings was the artist Louis Rivier.[1] William Rivier studied mathematics at the University of Nancy under Élie Cartan and subsequently became a mathematics teacher. He drew on his mathematical background for his later philosophical work, which he published in several volumes from 1937 until his death in 1974.[2]

Rivier was also a noted chess player. He played for Switzerland in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928, where he put up a score of +5 –1 =5 (68.2%) and took individual prize for 6th place.[3] He also played in the 4th Chess Olympiad at Prague 1931.[4] He tied for 9-12th at Bern 1932 (Alexander Alekhine won).[5]

References
  1. Choisy, Albert; Dufour-Vernes, Louis [in French] (1907). Recueil généalogique suisse (in French). Vol. 2. Geneva: A. Jullien. p. 414.
  2. Secrétan, Claude (1976). "L'IDÉALISME RADICAL DE WILLIAM RIVIER". Revue de Théologie et de Philosophie. Troisième Série (in French). 26 (4): 268–281. JSTOR 44355249.
  3. "OlimpBase :: 2nd Chess Olympiad, the Hague 1928, Switzerland".
  4. "OlimpBase :: 4th Chess Olympiad, Prague 1931, Switzerland".
  5. "Altona 1932". www.rogerpaige.me.uk. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15.
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