William Thurston
American mathematician
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William Paul Thurston was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds. Wikipedia
Born: October 30, 1946, Washington, D.C.
Died: August 21, 2012 (age 65 years), Rochester, NY
Education: University of California, Berkeley and New College of Florida
Known for: Thurston's geometrization conjecture; Thurston's theory of surfaces; Milnor–Thurston kneading theory; Orbifold
Doctoral advisor: Morris Hirsch
Fields: Mathematics