Gérard Vergnaud

{{Short description|French mathematician (1933–2021)}}

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{{infobox Person

| name = Gérard Vergnaud

| image = GerardVergnaud.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|02|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Doué-la-Fontaine, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|06|06|1933|02|08|df=yes}}

| death_place = France

| nationality = French

| alma_mater = HEC Paris
University of Geneva

| occupation = Mathematician
Philosopher
Psychologist

| website = https://www.gerard-vergnaud.org

}}

Gérard Vergnaud (8 February 1933 – 6 June 2021) was a French mathematician, philosopher, educator, and psychologist. He earned his doctorate from the International Center for Genetic Epistemology in Geneva under the supervision of Jean Piaget. Vergnaud was a professor emeritus of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, where he was a researcher in mathematics. Among his most significant work has been the development of the Theory of Conceptual Fields, which describes how children develop an understanding of mathematics.Grossi, Gabriel Pilar [http://revistaescola.abril.com.br/matematica/fundamentos/todos-perdem-quando-nao-usamos-pesquisa-pratica-427238.shtml "Gérard Vergnaud: Todos perdem quando a pesquisa não é colocada em prática"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605080017/http://revistaescola.abril.com.br/matematica/fundamentos/todos-perdem-quando-nao-usamos-pesquisa-pratica-427238.shtml |date=5 June 2016 }} Published by Magazine Escola, 23 October 2010, accessed 29 January 2011.

Gérard Vergnaud graduated from HEC Paris in 1956 and from the University of Geneva in 1968.[https://www.amq.math.ca/wp-content/uploads/bulletin/vol61/no4/03-hommage-gvergnaud.pdf L’AMQ se souvient]