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Memorial Page for Michael Francis Atiyah
Apr 22, 1929 – Jan 11, 2019(89 years)Died in:Edinburgh, Scotland
British mathematician
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Michael Atiyah (* April 22, 1929 in Hampstead; † January 11, 2019 in Edinburgh) was a british mathematician. He was 89 years old. He was married to Lily (Brown) Atiyah. His education included Trinity College, The Manchester Grammar School, University of Cambridge and Victoria College. He received 10 awards, including Fields medal, Copley Medal. He was buried at Binning Memorial Wood.
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22 EventsBorn in Hampstead, London Borough of Camden
1929Victoria College
1941until 1945
The Manchester Grammar School
1945until 1947
British Army
1947until 1949
Trinity College
1949until 1952
University of Cambridge
1952Doctor · until 1955
Institute for Advanced Study
1955until 1956
University of Cambridge
1957until 1961
University of Oxford
1961until 1969
Fields medal
1966Royal Medal
1968Institute for Advanced Study
1969until 1972
University of Oxford
1972until 1997
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
1975De Morgan Medal
1980King Faisal International Prize in Science
1987Copley Medal
1988Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1991Order of Merit
1992Abel Prize
2004Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science
2010Died in Edinburgh, Scotland
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