Michael Atiyah

Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS FRSE FMedSci FREng
Michael Atiyah in 2007
Personal details
Born	Michael Francis Atiyah (1929-04-22)22 April 1929 Hampstead, London, England
Died	11 January 2019(2019-01-11) (aged 89) Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	British
Known for	Atiyah–Singer index theorem Atiyah–Segal completion theorem
Awards	Berwick Prize (1961) Fields Medal (1966) Royal Medal (1968) De Morgan Medal (1980) Copley Medal (1988) Abel Prize (2004)
Education	Victoria College, Alexandria Manchester Grammar School
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Oxford - New College, Oxford and St Catherine's College, Oxford Institute for Advanced Study University of Leicester University of Edinburgh Pembroke College, 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 OM FRS FRSE FMedSci FREng (/əˈtiːə/; 22 April 1929 – 11 January 2019) was an English mathematician specialising in geometry. He won the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.

He was president of the Royal Society (1990–1995), master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1990–1997), chancellor of the University of Leicester (1995–2005), and president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005–2008). From 1997 until his death, he was an honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh.

Atiyah died on 11 January 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland at the age of 89.

Other websites

• Michael Atiyah tells his life story at Web of Stories
• The celebrations of Michael Atiyah's 80th birthday in Edinburgh, 20-24 April 2009
• Mathematical descendants of Michael Atiyah