David Mumford
| David Mumford | |
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David Mumford in 2010
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| Born |
11 June 1937 Worth, West Sussex |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
Brown University Harvard University |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Oscar Zariski |
| Doctoral students |
Avner Ash Jonathan Wahl |
| Known for |
Algebraic geometry Mumford–Shah functional |
| Notable awards |
Putnam Fellow (1955, 1956) Sloan Fellowship (1962) Fields Medal (1974) MacArthur Fellowship (1987) Shaw Prize (2006) Steele Prize (2007) Wolf Prize (2008) Longuet-Higgins Prize (2005, 2009) National Medal of Science (2010) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2012) |
David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry, and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow. In 2010 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He is currently a University Professor Emeritus in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.
Mumford was born in Worth, West Sussex in England, of an English father and American mother. His father William started an experimental school in Tanzania and worked for the then newly created United Nations.
In high school, he was a finalist in the prestigious Westinghouse Science Talent Search. After attending the Phillips Exeter Academy, Mumford went to Harvard, where he became a student of Oscar Zariski. At Harvard, he became a Putnam Fellow in 1955 and 1956. He completed his Ph.D. in 1961, with a thesis entitled Existence of the moduli scheme for curves of any genus.
He met his first wife, Erika Jentsch, at Radcliffe College. After Erika died in 1988, he married his second wife, Jenifer Gordon.
He and Erika had four children. Steve (born 1960) is a published artist residing in New York City, Peter (born 1962) is a professional photographer and web developer living in Seattle, Jeremy (born 1969) is a historian, while Suchitra (born 1970, now Suchitra Baranoff) has worked for more than fifteen years in the field of international adoption.
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