93,733 profiles ranked live

Friedrich Hirzebruch

✓ Source-basedrising

German mathematician (1927-2012)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1927 to 2012 · aged 84
Compare
Fame53.0
Momentum4.7
Languages25
In century#39,614

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."

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 21

2004Cantor medal
2002Helmholtz Medal
2000Alfried-Krupp Science Prize
1999Albert Einstein Medal
1997Cothenius Medal
1996Lomonosov Gold Medal
1994Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1993Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1993honorary doctor of the University of Athens
1992honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin
1989Lobachevsky Prize
1989honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame
1988Wolf Prize in Mathematics
1987honorary doctor of the University of Wuppertal
1984Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
1982honorary doctor of the University of Göttingen
1980doctor honoris causa of the University of Warwick
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Order of the Sacred Treasure
honorary doctor of the University of Augsburg
honorary doctor of the University of Potsdam

In their orbit 1

Connected to Friedrich 6

About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2012 · aged 84
Written about in
25 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.