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Michael Atiyah

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British mathematician

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1929 to 2019 · aged 89
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Sir Michael Francis Atiyah was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah-Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.

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Great Court of Trinity College, Cambridge, where Atiyah was a student and later MasterGreat Court of Trinity College, Cambridge, where Atiyah was a student and later MasterThe Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where Atiyah was professor from 1969 to 1972The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where Atiyah was professor from 1969 to 1972The old Mathematical Institute (now the Department of Statistics) in Oxford, where Atiyah supervised many of his studentsThe old Mathematical Institute (now the Department of Statistics) in Oxford, where Atiyah supervised many of his studentsA twisted cubic curve, the subject of Atiyah's first paperA twisted cubic curve, the subject of Atiyah's first paperA Möbius band is the simplest non-trivial example of a vector bundle.A Möbius band is the simplest non-trivial example of a vector bundle.Michael Atiyah and Friedrich Hirzebruch (right), the creators of K-theoryMichael Atiyah and Friedrich Hirzebruch (right), the creators of K-theoryIsadore Singer (in 1977), who worked with Atiyah on index theoryIsadore Singer (in 1977), who worked with Atiyah on index theory

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2016Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
2013Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2010Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science
2008honorary doctor of the University Polytechnic of Catalonia
2008President's Medal
2006IET Kelvin Lecture
2004Abel Prize
1997Order of Andrés Bello
1995honorary doctorate
1993Benjamin Franklin Medal
1992Order of Merit
1992Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science
1992honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca
1992Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
1991Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1990Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize
1989Forder Lectureship
1988Copley Medal
1987King Faisal International Prize in Science
1983Knight Bachelor
1981Feltrinelli Prize
1980De Morgan Medal
1975Royal Society Bakerian Medal
1968Royal Medal
1966Fields medal
1961Berwick Prize
honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Fellow of the Royal Society

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Roger PenroseAlso won Forder LectureshipJames DewarAlso won Gunning Victoria Jubilee PrizeHilary MantelAlso won President's MedalHarry KrotoAlso won IET Kelvin LectureMihajlo PupinAlso won Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipSusan SolomonAlso won Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science

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Country
United Kingdom
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Academics
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Dates
Lived 1929 to 2019 · aged 89
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