William Messing

American mathematician
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William Messing

Summary

William Messing is a human[1]. He was born on +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • William Messing was born on +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • William Messing held citizenship in United States[6].
  • William Messing worked as a mathematician[3].
  • William Messing's professions included university teacher[4].
  • William Messing's field of work was mathematics[7].
  • William Messing's field of work was algebraic geometry[8].
  • William Messing's field of work was Lie algebra[9].
  • William Messing was employed by University of Minnesota[10].
  • William Messing was educated at Princeton University[11].
  • William Messing was educated at Samuel J. Tilden High School[12].
  • William Messing's doctoral advisor was Alexander Grothendieck[13].
  • William Messing's doctoral advisor was Nick Katz[14].
  • William Messing's image is recorded as William Messing.jpg[15].
  • William Messing is recorded as male[16].
  • William Messing's instance of is recorded as human[17].
  • William Messing supervised Adolfo Quirós as a doctoral student[18].
  • William Messing supervised Bernard Le Stum as a doctoral student[19].
  • William Messing supervised Changchun Li as a doctoral student[20].
  • William Messing's ISNI is recorded as 000000010917331X[21].
  • William Messing's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 76380716[22].
  • William Messing's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82212497[23].
  • William Messing's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12291167f[24].
  • William Messing's IdRef ID is recorded as 031755364[25].
  • William Messing's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35348309[26].
  • William Messing's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 11998[27].

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Origins and Family

William Messing was born on +2000-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Educated at Princeton University[11], a private university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1746[30], headquartered in Princeton[31] and Samuel J. Tilden High School[12], a high school[32], in United States[33]. Doctoral advisors include Alexander Grothendieck[13], a mathematician[34], 1928–2014[35], of France[36], awarded the Fields medal[37], specialised in algebraic geometry[38] and Nick Katz[14], a mathematician[39], b. 1943[40], of United States[41], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[42], specialised in number theory[43].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mathematician[3] and university teacher[4]. Fields of work include mathematics[7], an academic discipline[44]; algebraic geometry[8], a branch of mathematics[45]; and Lie algebra[9], a mathematical concept[46]. William Messing was employed by University of Minnesota[10]. Doctoral students include Adolfo Quirós[18], a mathematician[47], b. 1901[48], of Spain[49], awarded the Medal of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society[50], specialised in algebraic geometry[51]; Bernard Le Stum[19]; and Changchun Li[20].

Why It Matters

William Messing ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,294 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52]

FAQs

What did William Messing do for work?

William Messing worked as mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did William Messing go to school?

William Messing was educated at Princeton University[11] and Samuel J. Tilden High School[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [13] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
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  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [2] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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