Oscar Zariski
American mathematician
Oscar Zariski was a Russian-born American mathematician and one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century. Wikipedia
Born: April 24, 1899, Kobryn, Belarus
Died: July 4, 1986 (age 87 years), Brookline, MA
Academic advisor: Guido Castelnuovo
Education: Sapienza University of Rome (1921–1924) and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1918–1920)
Fields: Mathematics
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