William Thurston
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 13 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 30,1946 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Washington |
| D.C. | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | August 21,2012 |
| Died | Rochester |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Doctoral advisor | Morris Hirsch |
| Books | Three-dimensional Geometry and Topology |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Professor | |
| Education | New College of Florida |
| University of California, Berkeley | |
| Awards | Fields Medal |
| Known for | Thurston's geometrization conjecture; Thurston's theory of surfaces; Milnor–Thurston kneading theory |
| Field | Mathematics |
| Doctor advisor | Morris Hirsch |
| Children | Dylan P. Thurston |
| Notable student | David Gabai |
| Benson Farb | |
| Danny Calegari | |
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| ID | 529694 |
William Thurston Life story
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.