Lawrence G. Brown, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lawrence G. Brown

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1943

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Lawrence G.
Brown (born February 6, 1943 in St.
Louis, Missouri) is an American mathematician who studies operator algebras. Brown studied at Harvard University, graduating in 1968 with George Mackey as his advisor and thesis entitled On the Structure of Locally Compact Groups.
He was a professor at Purdue University until his retirement. With Peter A.
Fillmore and Ronald G.
Douglas, he developed the Brown-Douglas-Fillmore theory in the theory of operator algebras based on techniques of algebraic topology.