Israel Gelfand
Scientist
Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד, Russian: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Гельфа́нд; 2 September [O.S. 20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a Soviet mathematician who made major contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Order of Lenin and the Wolf Prize, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a lifelong academic, serving decades as a professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at the Busch Campus of New Jersey's Rutgers University.He is known for having educated and inspired generations of students through his legendary seminar at Moscow State University. His legacy continues in the mathematicians who were his students, such as Endre Szemerédi, Alexandre Kirillov, Edward Frenkel, Joseph Bernstein, Dmitry Fuchs as well as his own son, Sergei Gelfand.
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| Birth date | September 02, 1913 |
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| Birth place | Ukraine , Russian Empire , Odessa Oblast , Krasni Okny Raion |
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| Date of death | October 05, 2009 |
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| Place of death | New Jersey , New Brunswick New Jersey , United States |
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