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Timothy Gowers

British mathematician · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1963 · age 62

Sir William Timothy Gowers, is a British mathematician. He is the holder of the Combinatorics chair at the Collège de France, a Research Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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2016De Morgan MedalAwardSylvester MedalAward2012Knight BachelorAwardNature's 10Award2011Euler Book PrizeAward1998Fields medalAward1995Whitehead PrizeAward1963Born20 November 1963

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De Morgan Medal2016
Sylvester Medal2016
Knight Bachelor2012
Nature's 102012
Euler Book Prize2011
Fields medal1998
Whitehead Prize1995
Fellow of the Royal Society

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In 1998, he received the Fields Medal for research connecting the fields of functional analysis and combinatorics.

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Born 1963 · age 62

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