John Torrence Tate Edit Profile

Background

Tate, John Torrence was born on March 13, 1925 in Minneapolis.

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1950.

With Harvard University, 1954—1990. Sid W. Richardson chair mathematics University Texas, Austin, 1990—2009.

John Torrence Tate has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics professor, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Member National Academy of Sciences, Academie des Sciences (Paris), honorary member London Mathematical Society.

Married; 3 children.

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Recipient Cole prize in number theory, American Mathematics Society, 1956, Leroy P. Steele prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Mathematics Society, 1995. Co-recipient Wolf prize in mathematics Wolf Foundation, Israel, 2003, Abel prize, Norwegian Academy Sciences and Letters, 2010.

Recipient Cole prize in number theory, American Mathematics Society, 1956, Leroy P. Steele prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Mathematics Society, 1995. Co-recipient Wolf prize in mathematics Wolf Foundation, Israel, 2003, Abel prize, Norwegian Academy Sciences and Letters, 2010.