John Tate facts for kids

Quick facts for kids John Tate
Born	John Torrence Tate Jr. (1925-03-13)March 13, 1925 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	October 16, 2019(2019-10-16) (aged 94) Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University (A.B., 1946) Princeton University (Ph.D., 1950)
Known for	Tate conjecture Tate module
Awards	Abel Prize (2010) Wolf Prize (2002/03) Steele Prize (1995) Cole Prize in Number Theory (1956)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Princeton University (1950–1953) Columbia University (1953–1954) Harvard University (1954–1990) University of Texas at Austin (1990–2009)
Doctoral advisor	Emil Artin
Doctoral students	V. Kumar Murty William C. Waterhouse Benedict Gross Jonathan Lubin Stephen Lichtenbaum Kenneth Alan Ribet Joseph H. Silverman Dinesh Thakur Jerrold Tunnell Carl Pomerance George Bergman
Influenced	John H. Coates

John Torrence Tate Jr. (March 13, 1925 – October 16, 2019) was an American mathematician. He was known for his works in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry and related areas in algebraic geometry. He was a professor emeritus at Harvard University. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2010.

Tate was described as "one of the seminal mathematicians for the past half-century" by William Beckner, Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas.

Tate died at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts on October 16, 2019 at the age of 94.