Michael Atiyah

Professor
Sir Michael Atiyah
OM FRS FRSE FMedSci FAA HonFREng
Professor Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS FRSE FMedSci FAA HonFREng
	Michael Atiyah in 2007
Born	Michael Francis Atiyah; 22 April 1929; Hampstead, London, England
Died	11 January 2019 (aged 89); Edinburgh, Scotland
Education	Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, PhD);
Known for	Atiyah algebroid; Atiyah conjecture; Atiyah conjecture on configurations; Atiyah flop; Atiyah–Bott formula; Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem; Atiyah–Floer conjecture; Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence; Atiyah–Jones conjecture; Atiyah–Hitchin–Singer theorem; Atiyah–Singer index theorem; Atiyah–Segal completion theorem; ADHM construction; Fredholm module; Eta invariant; K-theory; KR-theory; Pin group; Toric manifold
Awards	Berwick Prize (1961); Fields Medal (1966); Royal Medal (1968); De Morgan Medal (1980); Copley Medal (1988); Abel Prize (2004);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Oxford; Institute for Advanced Study; University of Leicester; University of Edinburgh; University of Cambridge;
Thesis	Some Applications of Topological Methods in Algebraic Geometry (1955)
Doctoral advisor	W. V. D. Hodge
Doctoral students	Simon Donaldson; K. David Elworthy; Nigel Hitchin; Lisa Jeffrey; Frances Kirwan; Peter Kronheimer; Ruth Lawrence; George Lusztig; Ian R. Porteous; Graeme Segal; David O. Tall;
Other notable students	Edward Witten

Sir Michael Francis Atiyah (/əˈtiːə/; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry.^[4] His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.

Professor Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS FRSE FMedSci FAA HonFREng
Michael Atiyah in 2007
Born	Michael Francis Atiyah (1929-04-22)22 April 1929 Hampstead, London, England
Died	11 January 2019(2019-01-11) (aged 89) Edinburgh, Scotland
Education	Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known for	Atiyah algebroid Atiyah conjecture Atiyah conjecture on configurations Atiyah flop Atiyah–Bott formula Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem Atiyah–Floer conjecture Atiyah–Hirzebruch spectral sequence Atiyah–Jones conjecture Atiyah–Hitchin–Singer theorem Atiyah–Singer index theorem Atiyah–Segal completion theorem ADHM construction Fredholm module Eta invariant K-theory KR-theory Pin group Toric manifold
Awards	Berwick Prize (1961) Fields Medal (1966) Royal Medal (1968) De Morgan Medal (1980) Copley Medal (1988) Abel Prize (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Oxford Institute for Advanced Study University of Leicester University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge
Thesis	Some Applications of Topological Methods in Algebraic Geometry (1955)
Doctoral advisor	W. V. D. Hodge^[1]^[2]
Doctoral students	Simon Donaldson K. David Elworthy Nigel Hitchin^[3] Lisa Jeffrey Frances Kirwan Peter Kronheimer Ruth Lawrence George Lusztig Ian R. Porteous Graeme Segal David O. Tall^[2]
Other notable students	Edward Witten