EntityQ441223· pop 28· linked from 786 articlesSaunders Mac LaneSign in to saveAmerican mathematician (1909-2005)Person · Open LibraryBorn4 August 1909Died14 April 2005Works30Top worksPoint set topologyAlgèbreAlgèbraSimplicial topologyProof, truth, and confusionvia Open Library + WikidataConnectionsJohn G. ThompsonEntityNational Medal of ScienceEntityCategories1909 births2005 deaths20th-century American mathematicians21st-century American mathematiciansAmerican algebraistsCategory theoristsColumbia University facultyCornell University facultyHarvard University Department of Mathematics facultyMathematicians from ConnecticutMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the United States National Academy of Sciences