When1: 1905
Who: Jules Antoine Richard [Richard, Jules Antoine]
What: philosopher
Where: France
Detail: He lived 1862 to 1956. Integers are describable in words with a finite number of letters. An integer exists that is the least integer not describable in 100 or less letters. However, that phrase has less than 100 letters {Richard's paradox} [1905].
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