David Mumford

1937 -

country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy

occupation: mathematician, university teacher

award received: Fields medal, MacArthur Fellows Program, Shaw Prize, National Medal of Science, Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, honorary doctor of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Wolf Prize in Mathematics, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences, Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

student of: Oscar Zariski

official website: www.dam.brown.edu/people/mumford

David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow. In 2010 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He is currently a University Professor Emeritus in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. Source: Wikipedia (en)