René Thom
French mathematician
René Frédéric Thom was a French mathematician, who received the Fields Medal in 1958.
He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became ... Wikipedia
Born: September 2, 1923, Montbéliard, France
Died: October 25, 2002 (age 79 years), Bures-sur-Yvette, France
Notable students: Bernard Morin, David Trotman, Marcos Sebastiani, and more
Awards: Fields Medal (1958) and John von Neumann Prize (1976)
Children: Françoise Thom
Fields: Mathematics