Richard Kenyon

American mathematician
Person human Q2149934
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Summary

Richard Kenyon was born on 1964[1]. He has worked as a mathematician[2] and university teacher[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[5]
  • Field of work: mathematics[6]
  • Employer: Brown University[7], University of British Columbia[8], Yale University[9]
  • Educated at: Princeton University[10], Rice University[11]
  • Doctoral advisor: William Thurston[12]
  • Award received: Rollo Davidson Prize[13]
  • Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences[14]
  • Sex or gender: male[15]
  • Doctoral student: Cédric Boutillier[16], Béatrice de Tilière[17], Ben Young[18], Zhongyang Li[19], Adrien Kassel[20], Martin Tassy[21], Sanjay Ramassamy[22], Sunil Chhita[23], Ian Alevy[24]
  • Commons category: Richard Kenyon[25]
  • Family name: Kenyon[26]
  • Given name: Richard[27]
  • Official website: https://gauss.math.yale.edu/~rwk25/[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[29]

Why It Matters

Richard Kenyon has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

FAQs

What did Richard Kenyon do for work?

Richard Kenyon worked as a mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Richard Kenyon go to school?

Richard Kenyon was educated at Princeton University[10] and Rice University[11].

What awards did Richard Kenyon receive?

Honors received include Rollo Davidson Prize[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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