Paul Cohen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Cohen

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1934

Place of Birth: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 23-Mar-2007

Profession: mathematician, university teacher, logician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

For other people named Paul Cohen, see Paul Cohen (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Paul Cohn.Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 – March 23, 2007) was an American mathematician.
He is best known for his proofs that the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice are independent from Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, for which he was awarded a Fields Medal.