Biography of Elon Lages Lima

Elon Lages Lima (* 9. July 1929 in Maceió; † 7. May 2017 in Rio de Janeiro) was a brasilianischer Mathematiker. He was 87 years old. His education included Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and University of Chicago. He worked at Universidade Federal do Ceará, Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Organização Educacional Farias Brito, Liceu do Ceará, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Brasília and University of California, Berkeley. He received 4 awards, including Prêmio Jabuti, Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit. He was buried at Caju Cemetery.