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Saunders Mac Lane
Saunders Mac Lane was an American mathematician who co-founded Category Theory with Samuel Eilenberg.
BornAugust 4, 1909, Taftville, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedApril 14, 2005, San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
FieldsMathematics, (Mathematical logic, Algebraic number theory, Algebraic topology)
InstitutionsHarvard University, Cornell University, University of Chicago, Columbia University
Alma materYale University, University of Chicago, University of Göttingen
Doctoral studentsSteve Awodey, David Eisenbud, William Howard, Irving Kaplansky, Roger Lyndon, Michael D. Morley, Anil Nerode, Robert Solovay, John G. Thompson
Known forCategory theory, Mac Lane set theory
Notable awardsChauvenet Prize (1941), Leroy P. Steele Prize (1986), National Medal of Science (1989)

About Saunders Mac Lane

Mathematician Saunders Mac Lane was born on August 4, 1909 in Connecticut, United States (He dies at the age of 95, on April 14, 2005).

Mathematician who was awarded the National Medal of Science for developing category theory, which turned previously abstract concepts into practical equations. His textbook Categories for the Working Mathematician, published in 1971, is still considered a classic in the field of category theory.

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Saunders Mac Lane before becoming famous

Saunders Mac Lane was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1909 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

After graduating from Yale, he worked in academia in Germany for a while before returning to the United States in 1933, just as the Nazis rose to power.

Achievement of Saunders Mac Lane

He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1949 and awarded the National Medal of Science in 1989 for his writings, which were largely regarded as among the most significant in twentieth-century mathematics.

Saunders Mac Lane's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His father and grandparents were also ministers in Taftville, Connecticut, where he grew up.

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Another well-known American mathematician, Mathematician Benjamin Peirce, helped impact American science for generations after him.

Saunders Mac Lane Income & Net worth

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