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After publishing his thesis, Lebesgue was offered in 1902 a position at the University of Rennes, lecturing there until 1906, when he moved to the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Poitiers.

In 1910 Lebesgue moved to the Sorbonne as a maître de conférences, being promoted to professor starting with 1919.

In 1921 he left the Sorbonne to become professor of mathematics at the Collège de France, where he lectured and did research for the rest of his life.

In 1922 he was elected a member of the Académie française.

Henri Lebesgue died on 26 July 1941 in Paris.