Editing Louis Antoine (section)

==Early life==
Louis Antoine was born in [[Mirecourt]]. He studied at the [[lycee]] in [[Nancy, France|Nancy]]. His father was a director of a manufacturer of matchsticks. After this, he studied at the Collège de Compiègne. He was awarded the bacculareat in Latin and science in 1905 and the bacculareat in mathematics in 1906. He then attended [[École Normale Supérieure]]. Once he graduated, he became a mathematics teacher the Lycée de Dijon in Saint-Cyr.

He married his wife, Marguerite Rouselle in 1918. After the declaration of [[World War I]], Antoine served as a reserve lieutenant in the 72nd Infantry Regiment of Amiens, and later a commander on the machine gun of the 151st Infantry Regiment. In 1917, he lost his sight as a result of bullets hitting his eyes.<ref name="St.AndrewsAntoine" />

After the loss of his vision, [[Henri Lebesgue]] suggested that Antoine study two- and three-dimensional [[topology]] as it could be studied without the use of his sight.<ref name="MathbookAntoine" /><ref name="AMSAntoine" /><ref name="St.AndrewsAntoine" />