Robert Osserman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Osserman

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 30-Nov-2011

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Robert "Bob" Osserman (December 19, 1926 – November 30, 2011) was an American mathematician who worked in geometry.
He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces.Raised in Bronx, he went to Bronx High School of Science (diploma, 1942) and New York University.
He earned a Ph.D.
in 1955 from Harvard University with the thesis Contributions to the Problem of Type (on Riemann surfaces) advised by Lars Ahlfors.He joined Stanford University in 1955.
He joined the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in 1990. He worked on geometric function theory, differential geometry, the two integrated in a theory of minimal surfaces, isoperimetric inequality, and other issues in the areas of astronomy, geometry, cartography and complex function theory. Osserman was the head of mathematics at Office of Naval Research, a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Paris and Guggenheim Fellow at the University of Warwick.
He edited numerous books and promoted mathematics, such as in interviews with celebrities Steve Martin and Alan Alda.He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) of 1978 in Helsinki.He received the Lester R.
Ford Award (1980) of the Mathematical Association of America for his popular science writings.
He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Helsinki, in 1978.H.
Blaine Lawson was a Ph.D.
student of his.Robert Osserman died on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at his home.

George Bergman (1943–)

	Alternative names	George M. Bergman
	Description	American university teacher
	Date of birth	22 July 1943
	Location of birth	Brooklyn
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