Yuri Prokhorov
Soviet-Russian mathematician
Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, active in the field of probability theory. He was a PhD student of Andrey Kolmogorov at the Moscow State University, where he obtained his PhD in 1956. Wikipedia
Born: December 15, 1929, Moscow, Russia
Died: July 16, 2013 (age 83 years), Moscow, Russia
Awards: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1975, 1979) and Lenin Prize (1970)
Research interests: Leading Scientific Researcher and Professor
Fields: Probability theory