Shiing-Shen Chern Chinese mathematician
Shiing-Shen Chern is a 93 years old Chinese mathematician from Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Shiing-Shen Chern was born on October 26, 1911 (died on December 03, 2004, he was 93 years old) in Jiaxing, Zhejiang.
About
No, he died on 12/03/2004, 20 years ago. He was 93 years old when he died. Cause of death: heart failure. He died in Tianjin
Family
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Awards (14)
Awarded Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1983 , awarded National Medal of Science in 1974 , awarded The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences in 2003 , awarded Lobachevsky Prize in 2001 , awarded Leroy P. Steele Prize in 1982 ,
Education
He graduated from University Of Hamburg, Nankai University and Tsinghua University
What was Shiing-Shen's zodiac sign?Shiing-Shen Chern zodiac sign was scorpio.
Other facts about Shiing-Shen Chern
| AlmaMater | Nankai University, University of Hamburg |
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| Award | Shaw Prize, National Medal of Science, Wolf Prize, Lobachevsky Prize |
| Place of death | Tianjin |
| KnownFor | Chern class, Chern–Simons theory, Chern–Weil theory |
| Nationality | Taiwan, United States |
| Employer | University Of Amsterdam , end time: 1967-06-01T00:00:00Z , start time: 1967-05-01T00:00:00Z , part of: Q62512559 , position held: visiting professor |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America , start time: 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Student of | Sun Guangyuan |
| Member of | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
| Doctoral student | Howard Garland |
| Cause of death | Heart Failure |
| Name in native language | 陳省身 |
| Ethnic group | Han Chinese People |
| Religion | Atheism |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilhelm Blaschke |
| Student | Alan Weinstein |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Field of work | Differential Geometry |
| Academic degree | Doctorate |
| Influenced by | Élie Cartan |
| Libris-URI | Vs68831d5fr58xd |
| Erdős number | 2 |
| Family name | Chen. Show people with the surname Chen |
| Date of death | 2004-12-03T00:00:00Z |
