Lipman Bers
1914
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1993
country of citizenship: United States of America, Russian Empire, Latvia
educated at: Charles University, University of Latvia
occupation: mathematician, university teacher
award received: Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Leroy P. Steele Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship
position held: chairperson
Lipman Bers (Latvian: Lipmans Berss; May 22, 1914 – October 29, 1993) was a Latvian-American mathematician, born in Riga, who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked on Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. He was also known for his work in human rights activism. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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