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]
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