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Andrew Wiles

Sir Andrew John Wiles

English mathematician (1953–).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
University Teacher

Field of Work

Number Theory

Member Of

Royal Society
(1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
French Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(1996 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1996
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1994 - )
Start Time
: 1994
Academia Europaea
(2015 - )
Affiliation
:
AE Section Mathematics
Start Time
: 2015
American Philosophical Society
(1997 - )
Start Time
: 1997
Royal Society of Canada

Date of Birth

4/11/1953

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Instance Of

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Place of Birth

Cambridge

Educated At

Clare College
Merton College
(1971 - 1974)
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor's Degree
Start Time
: 1971
End Time
: 1974
University of Cambridge
( - 1980)
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
End Time
: 1980
King's College School
The Leys School

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom

Employer

Princeton University
University of Cambridge
(1975 - 1981)
Start Time
: 1975
End Time
: 1981
Harvard University
(1977 - 1980)
Start Time
: 1977
End Time
: 1980
Institute for Advanced Study

Given Name

Andrew
Series Ordinal
:1
John
Series Ordinal
:2

Commons Gallery

Andrew Wiles

Doctoral Advisor

John H Coates

Name in Native Language

Andrew Wiles

Student

Manjul Bhargava

Family Name

Wiles

Native Language

English

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Award Received

21 items
Whitehead Prize
(1988)
Point in Time
: 1988
Fellow of the Royal Society
(1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
Fermat Prize
(1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics
(1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Ostrowski Prize
(1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
Royal Medal
(1996)
Point in Time
: 1996
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
Object Named As
:for spectacular contributions to number theory and related fields, major advances on fundamental conjectures, and for settling Fermat's last theorem.
Award Rationale
: for spectacular contributions to number theory and related fields, major advances on fundamental conjectures, and for settling Fermat's last theorem.
Country of Citizenship
:
United Kingdom
MacArthur Fellows Program
(1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
Cole Prize
(1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
King Faisal International Prize in Science
(1998)
Point in Time
: 1998
Clay Research Award
(1999)
Point in Time
: 1999
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(12/31/1999)
Point in Time
: 12/31/1999
Shaw Prize
(2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
Abel Prize
(2016)
For Work
:
Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem
Point in Time
: 2016
Copley Medal
(2017)
Award Rationale
: For his beautiful and unexpected proof of Fermat's Last Theorem which is one of the most important mathematical achievements of the 20th century
Point in Time
: 2017
Guggenheim Fellowship
Cole Prize in Number Theory
(1997)
Point in Time
: 1997
The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
(2005)
Award Rationale
: for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
Country of Citizenship
:
United Kingdom
Point in Time
: 2005
De Morgan Medal
(2019)
Award Rationale
: for his work on number theory and his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
Point in Time
: 2019
Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics
(1996)
Award Rationale
: For his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by discovering a beautiful strategy to establish a major portion of the Shimura-Taniyama conjecture, and for his courage and technical power in bringing his idea to completion.
Point in Time
: 1996
Regius Professor of Mathematics
(2018)
Point in Time
: 2018

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Fermat's Last Theorem

Father

Maurice Wiles

Residence

United Kingdom
( - 1982)
End Time
: 1982
United States
(1982 - )
Start Time
: 1982
Princeton

Professorship

Regius Professor of Mathematics

Notable Work

Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem

Mother

Paddy Mowll
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