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George Mostow
George Daniel Mostow
American mathematician (1923–2017).
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George Mostow
Sex or Gender
Male
Occupation
Mathematician
University Teacher
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Birth
7/4/1923
Award Received
Guggenheim Fellowship
(1957)
Point in Time
:
1957
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
(2013)
Object Named As
:
for his fundamental and pioneering contribution to geometry and Lie group theory.
Award Rationale
:
for his fundamental and pioneering contribution to geometry and Lie group theory.
Country of Citizenship
:
United States
Point in Time
:
2013
Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
(1993)
Point in Time
:
1993
Instance Of
Human
Given Name
George
Educated At
Harvard University
(1940 - 1948)
End Time
:
1948
Start Time
:
1940
Boston Latin School
(1936 - 1940)
End Time
:
1940
Start Time
:
1936
Member Of
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of Birth
Boston
Doctoral Advisor
Garrett Birkhoff
Date of Death
4/4/2017
Employer
Yale University
(1961 - 1998)
End Cause
:
Professor Emeritus
End Time
:
1998
Start Time
:
1961
Syracuse University
(1949 - 1952)
End Time
:
1952
Start Time
:
1949
Institute for Advanced Study
(1947 - 1949)
End Time
:
1949
Start Time
:
1947
Johns Hopkins University
(1952 - 1961)
End Time
:
1961
Start Time
:
1952
Name in Native Language
George Mostow
Field of Work
Geometry
Lie Group
Academic Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Family Name
Q37115685
Place of Death
Hamden
Birth Name
George Daniel Mostow
Name
Dan Mostow
Notable Work
Mostow Rigidity Theorem
Mostow–Palais Theorem
Hochschild–Mostow Group
Academic Thesis
The Extensibility of Local Lie Groups of Transformations and Groups on Surfaces
URL
:
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Publication Date
:
1948
Place of Burial
B'nai Jacob Memorial Park
Coordinate Location
:
41.3368°N 72.9567°W
Child
David Jack Mostow
Mark Alan Mostow
Jonathan Mostow
Carol Mostow
Position Held
Chairperson
(1987 - 1988)
Replaces
:
Irving Kaplansky
Replaced By
:
William Browder
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
American Mathematical Society
End Time
:
1988
Start Time
:
1987
Archives At
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Inventory Number
:
camh-arc-004190
Described at URL
:
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