Denis Higgs, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDenis Higgs
mathematician
Date of Birth: 06-May-1932
Date of Death: 25-Feb-2011
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Denis Higgs
- Denis A.
- Higgs ((1932-05-06)6 May 1932 – (2011-02-25)February 25, 2011) was a British mathematician, Doctor of Mathematics, and professor of mathematics who specialised in combinatorics, universal algebra, and category theory.
- He wrote one of the most influential papers in category theory entitled A category approach to boolean valued set theory, which introduced many students to topos theory. He was a member of the National Committee of Liberation and was an outspoken critic against the apartheid in South Africa.
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