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Friedrich Hirzebruch
Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. He has been described as "the most important mathematician in Germany of the postwar period."
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science · German mathematician (1927–2012) · mathematician · university teacher · professor of mathematics · also Friedrich Hirzebruch, Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch, Fritz Hirzebruch, Hirzebruch
Born 17 October 1927 · Died 27 May 2012 · Q61753
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2013· 1 entry
uni: Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Kolloquium: Prof. Winfried Scharlau (Universität Münster): Auf dem Weg zu Riemann-Roch. Hirzebruch und Grothendieck 1940-1960
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2012· 5 entries
The Daily Telegraph: Friedrich Hirzebruch
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EL PAÍS: Friedrich Hirzebruch, en la vanguardia matemática
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ZEIT: Friedrich Hirzebruch: Deutschlands Gigant der Mathematik
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Bild: Bonner Mathematiker Friedrich Hirzebruch gestorben
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Died 2012-05-27.
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2007· 1 entry
idw: Augsburger Ehrendoktorwürden für die Mathematiker Friedrich Hirzebruch und Josef Stoer
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2004· 1 entry
Won Cantor medal (2004).
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2002· 2 entries
idw: Friedrich Hirzebruch mit Helmholtz-Medaille der Akademie ausgezeichnet
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Won Helmholtz Medal (2002).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Alfried-Krupp Science Prize (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Won Albert Einstein Medal (1999).
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1997· 1 entry
Won Cothenius Medal (1997).
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1996· 2 entries
Won Lomonosov Gold Medal (1996).
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And the Seki-Takakazu prize of the Mathematical Society of Japan (MSJ) in 1997
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1994).
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1993).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Athens (1993).
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin (1992).
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1990· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1990–1994).
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded Lobachevsky Prize (1989).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame (1989).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal (1987).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford (1984).
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Göttingen (1982).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick (1980).
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1962· 1 entry
And 1990, first after the foundation of a separate Eastern German mathematical due to the German division, and then again after the collapse of the wall which led to the unification of the East and West German Mathematic
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1957· 1 entry
And the first speakers include Atiyah, Jacques Tits, Alexander Grothendieck, Hans Grauert, Nicolaas Kuiper, and Hirzebruch himself
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1950· 2 entries
Studied at ETH Zurich (1949–1950).
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Studied at University of Münster (1945–1950).
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1927· 1 entry
Born 1927-10-17.
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