Paul Joseph Cohen
American mathematician
Paul Joseph Cohen was an American mathematician. He is best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal. Wikipedia
Born: April 2, 1934, Long Branch, NJ
Died: March 23, 2007 (age 72 years), Stanford, CA
Education: The University of Chicago (1953–1958), Brooklyn College (1950–1953), and Stuyvesant High School (1950)
Known for: Cohen forcing; Continuum hypothesis
Fields: Mathematics