| Michael Atiyah AKA Michael Francis Atiyah Born: 22-Apr-1929
Birthplace: London, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Mathematician Nationality: England
Executive summary: Atiyah-Singer index theorem Military service: Royal Army (1947-49) British geometer Michael Atiyah is known for his work in advanced algebra and topology, including the theory of complex manifolds, superstring theory in mathematical physics, and Yang-Mills equations and gauge theory. In collaboration with American mathematician Isadore Singer, he developed the Atiyah-Singer index theorem, which concerns the existence and singularity of solutions to linear partial differential equations of elliptic type.
Father: Edward Atiyah
Mother: Jean Atiyah
Wife: Lily Brown Atiyah (m. 1955)
High School: Victoria College, Cairo, Egypt (attended)
High School: Victoria College, Alexandria, Egypt (attended)
High School: Manchester Grammar School, Manchester, England
University: BA, Cambridge University
University: MA, Cambridge University
University: PhD, Cambridge University (1955)
Teacher: Geometry, Cambridge University (1956-61)
Professor: Geometry, Oxford University (1961-69, 1972-)
Administrator: Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University (1990-2005)
Administrator: Director, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences,, Cambridge University (1990-96)
Administrator: Chancellor, University of Leicester (1995-2005)
Abel Prize 2004 (with Isadore Singer)
Accademia dei Lincei
Order of Merit 1992
Copley Medal 1988
King Faisal International Prize for Science 1987
Knight of the British Empire 1983
Feltrinelli Prize 1981
De Morgan Medal 1980
Royal Medal 1968
Fields Medal 1966
Berwick Prize 1961
London Mathematical Society President (1974-76)
Royal Society President (1990-95)
Royal Society of Edinburgh President (2005-)
Institute for Advanced Study (1955-56 and 1969-72)
Lebanese Ancestry Paternal
Scottish Ancestry Maternal
Author of books:
K-Theory (1967, with I.G. Macdonald)
Introduction to Commutative Algebra (1969)
Elliptic Operators and Compact Groups (1974)
Geometry of Yang-Mills Fields (1979, with Nigel Hitchin)
The Geometry and Dynamics of Magnetic Monopoles (1988)
Collected Works of Michael Francis Atiyah (1988, five volumes)
The Geometry and Physics of Knots (1990)
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