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| Alexander Grothendieck | |
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Alexander Grothendieck in Montreal, 1970
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| Born | 28 March 1928 Berlin, Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 13 November 2014 (aged 86) Saint-Lizier, Ariège, France |
| Residence | French Pyrenees |
| Nationality | None (until the 1980s) French (since the 1980s) |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques |
| Alma mater | University of Montpellier University of Nancy |
| Doctoral advisor | Laurent Schwartz and Jean Dieudonné |
| Doctoral students | Pierre Berthelot Carlos Contou-Carrere Pierre Deligne Michel Demazure Pierre Gabriel Jean Giraud Luc Illusie Michel Raynaud Jean-Louis Verdier |
| Notable awards | Fields Medal (1966) Crafoord Prize (1988), declined |
Alexander Grothendieck (Berlin, 28 March 1928 – 13 November 2014, Saint-Girons, Ariège) was a leading figure in the modern field of algebraic geometry.
In 1970 Grothendieck left the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, where he had been appointed research professor (1958–1970) and where he did his greatest work. He turned to radical pacifism and opposed all forms of warfare and aggression. This is why he declined the Crafoord Prize in 1988.
In 1966 he was awarded the Fields Medal.