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Raoul Bott
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Memorial Page for Raoul Bott

Sep 24, 1923 – Dec 20, 2005(82 years)Died in:Carlsbad, San Diego County

Hungarian-born mathematician

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Occupation(4)

mathematicianphysicisttopologistuniversity teacher

Awards(7)

Guggenheim FellowshipLeroy P. Steele PrizeNational Medal of ScienceWolf Prize in MathematicsOswald Veblen Prize in GeometryForeign Member of the Royal SocietySloan Fellowship

Education(3)

McGill UniversityCarnegie Institute of TechnologyCarnegie Mellon University

Raoul Bott (* September 24, 1923 in Budapest; † December 20, 2005 in Carlsbad) was a hungarian-born mathematician. He was 82 years old. His education included McGill University, Carnegie Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University. He received 7 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Leroy P. Steele Prize. His cause of death was lung cancer. He was buried at Chilmark Cemetery.

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Born in Budapest, Hungary

1923

McGill University

1941

until 1945

Carnegie Institute of Technology

1945

Doctor · until 1947

Carnegie Institute of Technology

1947

until 1949

Institute for Advanced Study

1949

until 1951

University of Michigan

1951

until 1959

Sloan Fellowship

1956

Harvard University

1959

until 1999

Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry

1964

Guggenheim Fellowship

1976

National Medal of Science

1987

Leroy P. Steele Prize

1990

Wolf Prize in Mathematics

2000

Foreign Member of the Royal Society

2005

Died in Carlsbad, San Diego County (lung cancer)

2005

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Raoul Bott. Forever remembered.