Israel Gelfand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Israel Gelfand

Soviet mathematician

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1913

Place of Birth: Okny, Ukraine

Date of Death: 05-Oct-2009

Profession: mathematician, biologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M.
Gelfand (Yiddish: ????? ??????????, Russian: ????´??? ?????´???? ??????´??; 2 September [O.S.
20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a prominent Soviet mathematician.
He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis.
The recipient of many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the first Wolf Prize, he was a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University.
Gelfand is also a 1994 MacArthur Fellow. His legacy continues through his students, who include Endre Szemerédi, Alexandre Kirillov, Edward Frenkel, Joseph Bernstein, as well as his own son, Sergei Gelfand.