Harold S. Shapiro

US-born Swedish mathematician
Person human Q3127636
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Harold S. Shapiro

Summary

Harold S. Shapiro is a human[1]. Born in Brooklyn[2], he… he was born on +1928-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He died in Stockholm[4]. He died on +2021-03-05T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a mathematician[6] and university teacher[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #7,254 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Born in Brooklyn[2], Harold S. Shapiro…
  • Harold S. Shapiro died in Stockholm[4].
  • Harold S. Shapiro was born on +1928-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Harold S. Shapiro was born on +1928-04-02T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Harold S. Shapiro died on +2021-03-05T00:00:00Z[5].
  • A child of Harold S. Shapiro was Max Tegmark[10].
  • A child of Harold S. Shapiro was Per Shapiro[11].
  • Harold S. Shapiro held citizenship in United States[12].
  • Harold S. Shapiro held citizenship in Sweden[13].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's professions included mathematician[6].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's professions included university teacher[7].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's field of work was mathematical analysis[14].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's field of work was functional analysis[15].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's field of work was partial differential equation[16].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's field of work was approximation theory[17].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's field of work was mathematics[18].
  • Harold S. Shapiro was employed by Royal Institute of Technology[19].
  • Harold S. Shapiro was employed by University of Michigan[20].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's education included a stint at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[21].
  • Harold S. Shapiro was educated at City College of New York[22].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's doctoral advisor was Norman Levinson[23].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's image is recorded as Harold shapiro with his eponymous polynomial coefficients.jpg[24].
  • Harold S. Shapiro is recorded as male[25].
  • Harold S. Shapiro's instance of is recorded as human[26].
  • Harold S. Shapiro supervised Michael Benedicks as a doctoral student[27].

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Origins and Family

Harold S. Shapiro's place of birth was Brooklyn[2]. Recorded date of birth include +1928-01-01T00:00:00Z[3] and +1928-04-02T00:00:00Z[9].

Education

Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[21], a university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1861[30], headquartered in Cambridge[31] and City College of New York[22], a higher education institution[32], in United States[33], founded in 1847[34], headquartered in New York City[35]. Harold S. Shapiro's doctoral advisor was Norman Levinson[23]. Academic degrees include Bachelor of Science[36], Master of Science[37], and Doctor of Philosophy[38].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mathematician[6] and university teacher[7]. Fields of work include mathematical analysis[14], an academic discipline[39]; functional analysis[15], a branch of mathematics[40]; partial differential equation[16]; approximation theory[17], a branch of mathematics[41]; and mathematics[18], an academic discipline[42]. Employers include Royal Institute of Technology[19], a university[43], in Sweden[44], founded in 1827[45], headquartered in Q10441282[46] and University of Michigan[20], a public research university[47], in United States[48], founded in 1817[49], headquartered in Ann Arbor[50]. Doctoral students include Michael Benedicks[27], a mathematician[51], b. 1949[52], of Sweden[53]; Peter Ebenfelt[54], a mathematician[55], b. 1965[56], of Sweden[57], awarded the Wallenberg Prize[58]; Hugh Eugene Warren[59]; Andrzej Szulkin[60], a mathematician[61]; Isaac Mashitz[62]; and Björn Gustafsson[63], a researcher[64].

Personal Life

Children include Max Tegmark[10], a physicist[65], b. 1967[66], of Sweden[67], awarded the The KTH Great Prize[68], specialised in cosmology[69] and Per Shapiro[11], a journalist[70], b. 1971[71], of Sweden[72].

Death and Burial

Harold S. Shapiro died on +2021-03-05T00:00:00Z[5]. He died in Stockholm[4].

Why It Matters

Harold S. Shapiro ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #7,254 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] He is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]

FAQs

Where was Harold S. Shapiro born?

Born in Brooklyn[2], Harold S. Shapiro…

Where did Harold S. Shapiro die?

Harold S. Shapiro died in Stockholm[4].

What did Harold S. Shapiro do for work?

Harold S. Shapiro worked as mathematician[6] and university teacher[7].

Where did Harold S. Shapiro go to school?

Harold S. Shapiro was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[21] and City College of New York[22].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [73] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [74] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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