Daniel Quillen
American mathematician (1940-2011) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 70
Daniel Gray Quillen was an American mathematician. He is known for being the "prime architect" of higher algebraic K-theory, for which he was awarded the Cole Prize in 1975 and the Fields Medal in 1978.
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2011Died30 April 20111978Fields medalAward1975Cole Prize in AlgebraAward1973Guggenheim FellowshipAward1940Born22 June 1940
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United States
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1940 to 2011 · aged 70
