Friedrich Hirzebruch

✓ Source-basedrising

German mathematician (1927-2012)

Germany AcademicsLived 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

FatherFritz Hirzebruch

Connected to Friedrich 6

Gerd FaltingsAlso won Cantor medal

William John Macquorn RankineAlso won honorary doctorate of Trinity College, Dublin

Marek BelkaAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Potsdam

Shiing-Shen ChernAlso won Lobachevsky Prize

Carl von LindeAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Göttingen

Paula RegoAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

About this person

Country

Germany