Harold S. Shapiro

US-born Swedish mathematician
Person human Q3127636

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
1928, April 2, 1928[2][7]
Date of death
March 5, 2021
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Place of death
Stockholm
Country of citizenship
United States, Sweden[10][11]
Citizenship
United States, Sweden
Doctoral advisor
Norman Levinson[21]
Doctoral student
Michael Benedicks, Peter Ebenfelt, Hugh Eugene Warren, Andrzej Szulkin, Isaac Mashitz, Björn Gustafsson, Lars Svensson, Carina Ullemar, Henrik Shahgholian, Gunnar Johnsson, Jockum Aniansson[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Erdős number
1.0
Family name
Shapiro
Given name
Harold
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WikiProject Mathematics
🏷️ Also known as
en Harold Seymour Shapiro en Harold S. Shapiro en H. S. Shapiro ar هارولد إس. شابيرو de Harold Shapiro de Harold Seymour Shapiro fr Shapiro Harold Seymour fr Shapiro Seymour fr Harold Shapiro fr Harold S. Shapiro fr Seymour Shapiro fr Shapiro Harold fr Shapiro Harold S. ja ハロルド・S・シャピロ pt Harold S. Shapiro pt H. S. Shapiro ru Гарольд Сеймур Шапиро ru Гарольд Шапиро ru Харольд Сеймур Шапиро ru Харольд Шапиро
🔖 Identifiers · 35
VIAF cluster ID
52794836
Library of Congress authority ID
n50022193
GND ID
130422924
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100430785
BIBSYS ID
90612051
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
17281591w
CiNii Research ID
1140000791804472704
DBLP author ID
126/8239
DDB person (GND) ID
130422924
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
130422924
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Freebase ID
/m/05wgjd
IdRef ID
057022593
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
130422924
MR Author ID
159755
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
7797
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA06746833
NL CR AUT ID
vse2011670305
NUKAT ID
n99042481
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007429119705171
National Virtual Library of India ID
411264
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
155789228
Oberwolfach mathematician ID
6598
Prabook ID
2332999
ResearchGate profile ID
Harold-Shapiro
SBN author ID
UFIV062091
SHARE Catalogue author ID
57105
Scopus author ID
56255966700
Unz Review author ID
ShapiroHaroldS
WikiTree person ID
Shapiro-1092
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJj4v9WxMJB4xMrD4xCvpP
ZbMATH author ID
shapiro.harold-s

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Summary

Born in Brooklyn[1], he… he was born in 1928[2]. He died in Stockholm[3]. He died on March 5, 2021[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Body

Education

Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[19], a university[24], in United States[25], founded in 1861[26], headquartered in Cambridge[27] and City College of New York[20], a higher education institution[28], in United States[29], founded in 1847[30], headquartered in New York City[31]. Academic degrees include Bachelor of Science[32], Master of Science[33], and Doctor of Philosophy[34].

Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include mathematical analysis[12], an academic discipline[35]; functional analysis[13], a branch of mathematics[36]; partial differential equation[14]; approximation theory[15], a branch of mathematics[37]; and mathematics[16], an academic discipline[38]. Employers include Royal Institute of Technology[17], a university[39], in Sweden[40], founded in 1827[41], headquartered in Campus Valhallavägen[42] and University of Michigan[18], a public research university[43], in United States[44], founded in 1817[45], headquartered in Ann Arbor[46]. Doctoral students include Michael Benedicks[23], a mathematician[47], b. 1949[48], of Sweden[49]; Peter Ebenfelt[50], a mathematician[51], b. 1965[52], of Sweden[53], awarded the Wallenberg Prize[54]; Hugh Eugene Warren[55]; Andrzej Szulkin[56], a mathematician[57]; Isaac Mashitz[58]; and Björn Gustafsson[59], a researcher[60].

Personal Life

Children include Max Tegmark[8], a physicist[61], b. 1967[62], of Sweden[63], awarded the The KTH Great Prize[64], specialised in cosmology[65] and Per Shapiro[9], a journalist[66], b. 1971[67], of Sweden[68].

FAQs

Where was Harold S. Shapiro born?

Born in Brooklyn[1].

Where did Harold S. Shapiro die?

Harold S. Shapiro died in Stockholm[3].

What did Harold S. Shapiro do for work?

Harold S. Shapiro worked as mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Harold S. Shapiro go to school?

Harold S. Shapiro was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology[19] and City College of New York[20].

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