William Lawvere
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Francis William Lawvere is a mathematician who is known for his work in category theory and the philosophy of mathematics. He is a professor emeritus of mathematics and an adjunct professor emeritus of philosophy at the University at Buffalo.
He was a student of Samuel Eilenberg at Columbia University, where he was awarded his Ph.D. in 1963.
External links
- personal page at buffalo.edu (http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~wlawvere/)
- Template:MathGenealogy
- photograph (http://andrej.com/mathematicians/L/Lawvere_William.html)