Canadian entrepreneur, computer scientist and physicist | Princeton University, Dalhousie University | Halifax: October 30, 1987 - Bucium: March 20, 1906
William Thurston
- Washington, D.C.: October 30, 1946 celebration
- Rochester: August 21, 2012 celebration


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William Thurston -
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celebration Date of birth
Washington, D.C.: October 30, 1946 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Rochester: August 21, 2012 -
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engineering Field of Work
- mathematics
- topology
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person_book Student
- Thomas Ernst Valdemar Erlandsson
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school Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- New College of Florida
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- honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI (1986)
- Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research (2012)
- Fields medal (1982)
- Alan T. Waterman Award (1979)
- Joseph Doob Prize (2005)
- Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1976)
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- American mathematician (1946–2012) | honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI (1986), Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research (2012), Fields