Saunders Mac Lane
American mathematician (1909-2005) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 95
Saunders Mac Lane, born Leslie Saunders MacLane, was an American mathematician who co-founded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.
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2005Died14 April 20051989National Medal of ScienceAward1986Leroy P. Steele PrizeAward1979William Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementAward1947Guggenheim FellowshipAward1941Chauvenet PrizeAward1933Humboldt Research FellowshipAward1909Born4 August 1909
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Lived 1909 to 2005 · aged 95
