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Oscar Zariski was a mathematician and university teacher specializing in algebraic geometry and mathematics. Born in Kobryn in 1899, he held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the United States. He was educated at Sapienza University of Rome and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, with his doctoral advisor being Guido Castelnuovo. Zariski taught at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, and the University of São Paulo.
He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. His doctoral students included David Mumford, Michael Artin, Robin Hartshorne, and Heisuke Hironaka. Zariski spoke English and identified as an atheist. He died in Brookline in 1986 and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Born
- Russian : О́скар Зари́сский , ( 1899-04-24 ) April 24, 1899, Kobrin , Russian Empire
- Died
- July 4, 1986 (1986-07-04) (aged 87), Brookline, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Kyiv , University of Rome
- Known for
- Contributions to algebraic geometry
- Awards
- Cole Prize in Algebra (1944) , National Medal of Science (1965) , Wolf Prize (1981) , Steele Prize (1981)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University , University of Illinois , Harvard University
- Thesis
- Sopra una classe di equazioni algebriche contenenti linearmente un parametro e risolubili per radicali (1926)
- Doctoral advisor
- Guido Castelnuovo
- Doctoral students
- S. S. Abhyankar , Michael Artin , Iacopo Barsotti , Irvin Cohen , Daniel Gorenstein , Robin Hartshorne , Heisuke Hironaka , Steven Kleiman , Joseph Lipman , David Mumford , Maxwell Rosenlicht , Pierre Samuel , Abraham Seidenberg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oscar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kobryn
- Place of death
- Brookline
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- chairperson
- Educated at
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Employer
- University of São Paulo
- Political party
- Workers of Zion
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Russian
- Religion
- atheism
- Doctoral advisor
- Guido Castelnuovo
- Doctoral student
- Abraham Seidenberg
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Oscar Zariski.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1899-04-24
- date of death
- 1986-07-04
- Erdős number
- 3
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Oscar Zariski
- place of burial
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- name in native language
- Oscar Zariski
- birth name
- Ошер Зарицкий
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Oscar Zariski (April 24, 1899 – July 4, 1986) was an American mathematician. The Russian-born scientist was one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.
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