Facts: - doctoral students: jean-pierre pansu bourguignon yves colin de verdiere francois labourie pierre - caption: marcel berger in 1968 -lrb- photo from mfo -rrb- - fields: mathematics - workplaces: institut des hautes Etudes scientifiques - doctoral advisor: andre lichnerowicz - awards: leconte prize -lrb- 1978 -rrb- - birth date: 14 april 1927 - name: marcel berger - image size: 200px - nationality: france - image: marcel berger.jpeg - birth place: paris , france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marcel berger .
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marcel berger -lrb- born 14 april 1927 -rrb- is a french mathematician , doyen of french differential geometry , and a former director of the institut des hautes Etudes scientifiques -lrb- ihEs -rrb- , france .currently residing in le castera in lasseube , france , berger was instrumental in mikhail gromov 's accepting positions both at the university of paris and at the ihEs .