Background
Hirzebruch, Friedrich Ernst Peter was born on October 17, 1927 in Hamm, Germany. Son of Fritz and Martha (Holtschmit) Hirzebruch.
Hirzebruch, Friedrich Ernst Peter was born on October 17, 1927 in Hamm, Germany. Son of Fritz and Martha (Holtschmit) Hirzebruch.
Student, University Münster, Germany, 1945—1950. Student, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Switzerland, 1949—1950. Doctor (honorary), University Coventry, 1980.
Doctor (honorary), University Göttingen, 1982. Doctor (honorary), University Oxford, 1984. Doctor (honorary), University Wuppertal, 1987.
Doctor (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1989. Doctor (honorary), Trinity College, Dublin, 1992. Doctor (honorary), University Athens, 1993.
Doctor (honorary), University Potsdam, 1995. Doctor (honorary), University Konstanz, 1999. Doctor (honorary), University Berlin, 2000.
Doctor (honorary), Bar Ilan University, Israel, 2001. Doctor (honorary), University Oslo, 2002. Doctor (honorary), University Illinois at Chicago, 2003.
Doctor (honorary), Romanian Academy, 2006. Doctor (honorary), University Augsburg, 2007.
Assistant University Erlangen, Germany, 1950-1952. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1952-1954. Assistant professor Princeton University, 1955-1956.
Stipendiat, dozent University Münster, 1954-1955. Professor mathematics University Bonn, 1956-1993, professor emeritus, since 1993. Dean University Bonn, 1962-1964.
Director Max-Planck-Institute für Mathematics Bonn, 1980-1995.
Member German Mathematics Society, American Mathematics Society, French Mathematics Society, Akademie Leopoldina, Akademie Heidelberg, Akademie Mainz, Niederländische Akademie, Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie, European Academy Arts, Sciences and Humanities, Bayerische Akademie, Finnish Academy, National Academy of Sciences United States of America, Academy Arts & Sciences, United States of America, Akademia Europaea, Academy of Sciences Russia, Académie Sciences Paris, Royal Irish Academy, Order Pour le Mérite, Ucrainian Academy, Berlin-Brandenburg Akademie, Akademie Göttingen, Sächsische Akademie, Royal Society, Polish Academy of Sciences (Stefan Banach medal 1999), Österreichische Akademie.
Married Ingeborg Maria Spitzley, August 8, 1952. Children: Ulrike, Barbara, Michael.