William Thurston(1946–2012)
MathematicsWilliam Thurston is a recipient of the Fields Medal (1982) from United States. Their primary field is Mathematics. They were educated at University of California, Berkeley and New College of Florida. They have been affiliated with University of California, Berkeley.
United States
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Major Awards
4
Publications
13
Citations
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Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of California, Berkeley
New College of Florida
Doctoral Advisors
Oded SchrammDanny CalegariDavid GabaiJeffrey WeeksRichard KenyonWilliam FloydSteven KerckhoffRichard SchwartzBenson FarbWilliam GoldmanIgor RivinYair N. MinskyRichard Douglas CanaryLee MosherCraig David HodgsonG. Robert MeyerhoffDetlef HardorpSérgio Roberto FenleyChien-Hao LiuMartin Jude BridgemanSilvio Vieira Ferreira LevyNicolau Corção SaldanhaGenevieve WalshMatt A. GraysonSen HuWensor LingSuhyoung ChoiNat KuhnWilliam Dart DunbarChristopher John JerdonekBradley J. BallingerBiao WangHyungryul BaikRavi Prakash G (Ravinder) IyerOle Hjorth RasmussenMorris Hirsch
Career Timeline
Institute for Advanced Study1972–1973
Massachusetts Institute of Technology1973–1974
Princeton University1974–1992
University of California, Berkeley1992–1997
University of California, Davis1996–2003
Cornell University2003–2012
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
GF
Gerd Faltings
Abel Prize (2026)
VD
Vladimir Drinfeld
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)
MV
Maryna Viazovska
Fields Medal (2022)
JH
June Huh
Fields Medal (2022)
JM
James Maynard
Fields Medal (2022)
HD
Hugo Duminil-Copin
Fields Medal (2022)
MH
Martin Hairer
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2021)
SD
Simon Donaldson
Wolf Prize in Mathematics (2020)
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