William Thurston

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Thurston

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:award	gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:awardYear	1982
gptkbp:birthDate	1946-10-30
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Dylan_Thurston gptkb:Emily_Thurston gptkb:Frederick_Thurston gptkb:Nathaniel_Thurston
gptkbp:deathDate	2012-08-21
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Rochester,_New_York
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:John_Milnor
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:David_Gabai gptkb:Francis_Bonahon gptkb:Igor_Rivin gptkb:Richard_Canary gptkb:Steven_Kerckhoff gptkb:Yair_Minsky gptkb:William_Goldman gptkb:Curtis_T._McMullen gptkb:Jeffrey_Brock gptkb:Benson_Farb
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Cornell_University gptkb:Mathematical_Sciences_Research_Institute gptkb:Princeton_University gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley gptkb:University_of_California,_Davis
gptkbp:field	gptkb:geometry gptkb:mathematics gptkb:topology 3-manifolds foliation theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William Thurston
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Thurston's_classification_of_surface_diffeomorphisms gptkb:Thurston's_compactness_theorem gptkb:Thurston's_eight_geometries gptkb:Thurston's_geometrization_theorem gptkb:Thurston's_hyperbolic_Dehn_surgery_theorem gptkb:Thurston_norm gptkb:geometrization_conjecture work on 3-manifolds
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:On_the_geometry_and_dynamics_of_diffeomorphisms_of_surfaces gptkb:The_geometry_and_topology_of_three-manifolds Three-dimensional geometry and topology
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Julianne_Thurston
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_W._Milnor gptkb:John_Milnor
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