Grigory Margulis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Grigory Margulis

Russian mathematician

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1946

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gregori Aleksandrovich Margulis (Russian: ?????´??? ??????´??????? ?????´???, first name often given as Gregory, Grigori or Grigory; born February 24, 1946) is a Russian-American mathematician known for his work on lattices in Lie groups, and the introduction of methods from ergodic theory into diophantine approximation.
He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1978 and a Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 2005, becoming the seventh mathematician to receive both prizes.
In 1991, he joined the faculty of Yale University, where he is currently the Erastus L.
De Forest Professor of Mathematics.