Nigel Hitchin
English mathematician (1946-) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics
Nigel James Hitchin FRS is a British mathematician working in the fields of differential geometry, gauge theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. He is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
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2016The Shaw Prize in Mathematical SciencesAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2002Pólya PrizeAward1990Senior Berwick PrizeAward1981Whitehead PrizeAward1946Born2 August 1946
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Born 1946 · age 80
