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Benson Farb is an American mathematician born in Norristown in 1967. He is employed by the University of Chicago and holds membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Mathematical Society. His academic background includes education at Princeton University and Cornell University.
Farb’s doctoral advisor was William Thurston, and his doctoral student is Pallavi Dani. He has an Erdős number of 3 and speaks English. He is married to Amie Wilkinson. His work is recognized within the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Norristown
- Spouse
- Amie Wilkinson
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- Cornell University
- Employer
- University of Chicago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- William Thurston
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Official website
- math.uchicago.edu/~farb
- Image
- Benson Farb 2016.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1967-10-25
- member of
- American Mathematical Society
- Erdős number
- 3
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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