William Thurston
William Paul Thurston was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds.
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- Born in
- Washington, D.C.
- Educated at
- University of California, BerkeleyNew College of Florida
- Awards
- 🏆 Fields medal🏆 Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry🏆 Alan T. Waterman Award🏆 Joseph Doob Prize🏆 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Morris Hirsch
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Oded Schramm📖 Danny Calegari
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1946
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