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Bjarni Jónsson

Icelandic mathematician (1920-2016) · Iceland · On the map · Academics · Died at 96

Bjarni Jónsson was an Icelandic mathematician and logician working in universal algebra, lattice theory, model theory and set theory. He was emeritus distinguished professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University and the honorary editor in chief of Algebra Universalis.

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Awards

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013
Tarski Lectures1991

About this person

He received his PhD in 1946 at UC Berkeley under supervision of Alfred Tarski.

Country
Iceland
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2016 · aged 96