Memorial Page for Shiing-Shen Chern
Chinese-American mathematician and poet
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Shiing-Shen Chern (* October 26, 1911 in Jiaxing; † December 3, 2004 in Tianjin) was a chinese-American mathematician and poet. He was 93 years old. He was married to Zheng Shining. His education included Tsinghua University, University of Hamburg, Nankai University and Science Faculty of Paris. His faith was atheism. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, National Medal of Science. His cause of death was heart failure. He was buried at tomb of Shiing-Shen Chern.
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23 EventsBorn in Jiaxing, Zhejiang
1911Nankai University
1926until 1930
Tsinghua University
1930until 1934
University of Hamburg
1934until 1936
Science Faculty of Paris
1936until 1937
Tsinghua University
1937until 1938
National Southwestern Associated University
1938until 1943
Princeton University
1943until 1945
Academia Sinica
1946until 1948
University of Chicago
1949until 1960
Guggenheim Fellowship
1954University of California, Berkeley
1960until 1979
University of Amsterdam
1967visiting professor · until 1967
honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
1969Chauvenet Prize
1970National Medal of Science
1975Humboldt Prize
1982Wolf Prize in Mathematics
1983honorary doctor of the Nankai University
1985Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit
1996Lobachevsky Prize
2002The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
2004Died in Tianjin, Hebei (heart failure)
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Shiing-Shen Chern. Forever remembered.