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Beno Eckmann

Swiss mathematician (1917–2008).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
University Teacher

Place of Birth

Bern

Place of Death

Zurich

Country of Citizenship

Switzerland

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

3/31/1917

Date of Death

11/25/2008

Employer

University of Lausanne
(1942 - 1948)
Start Time
: 1942
End Time
: 1948
ETH Zurich
(1948 - 1984)
Start Time
: 1948
End Time
: 1984

Member Of

Academia Europaea
(1993 - )
Affiliation
:
AE Section Mathematics
Start Time
: 1993
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

Given Name

Beno

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Doctoral Advisor

Heinz Hopf

Educated At

ETH Zurich
(1935 - 1941)
Start Time
: 1935
End Time
: 1941

Award Received

Honorary Doctor of Ben-Gurion University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Fribourg
Honorary Doctorate of Technion
Albert Einstein Medal
(2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
Honorary Doctor of the École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne
Marcel Benoist Prize
(1967)
Point in Time
: 1967

Family Name

Eckmann

Field of Work

Topology
Mathematics
Algebraic Topology
Differential Geometry

Child

Jean-Pierre Eckmann

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

French
German
English

Position Held

Director
(1964 - 1984)
Replaced By
:
Jürgen Moser
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Institute for Mathematical Research
Start Time
: 1964
End Time
: 1984
Chairperson
(1962 - 1963)
Replaced By
:
Jean De Siebenthal
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Swiss Mathematical Society
Replaces
:
Heinrich Jecklin
Start Time
: 1962
End Time
: 1963

Academic Thesis

On the Homotopy Theory of Fibrillated Spaces
URL
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Publication Date
: 1942

Place of Burial

Israelite Cemetery Upper Frisian Mountain
Burial Plot Reference
:8765
Coordinate Location
: 47.3609°N 8.4968°E

Notable Work

Eckmann–Hilton Argument
Eckmann–Hilton Duality
Calabi–Eckmann Manifold
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