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Thomas M. Liggett

American mathematician (1944-2020)
Person Human Q2425961

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
March 29, 1944
Date of death
May 12, 2020
Place of birth
Danville
Place of death
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles[11]
Field of work
probability theory, mathematics[8][9]
Position held
professor emeritus[10]
Educated at
Stanford University[12]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[14][15][16]
Doctoral advisor
Samuel Karlin[13]
Doctoral student
Paul Heajoon Jung, Enrique Daniel Andjel, Norman Matloff, Dayue Chen, Amber Lynn Puha, Xijian Liu, Shirin Joy Handjani, Diane Schwartz, Alexander Vandenberg-Rodes[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[34]
Academic appointment
UCLA Department of Mathematics[37]
Erdős number
+2[35]
Family name
Liggett[31]
Given name
Thomas, Milton[32][33]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[36]
Member of
National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Mathematical Society, Institute of Mathematical Statistics[17][18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thomas Liggett en Thomas Milton Liggett en Thomas M. Liggett en T. M. Liggett cs T. M.(Thomas Milton) Liggett he תומאס מ. ליגט
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000109138725
VIAF cluster ID
71455862
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n84073481
GND ID
10877869X
BIBSYS ID
90246005
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16555763x
CONOR.SI ID
181331811
Curriculum vitae URL
www.math.ucla.edu
DBLP author ID
40/5236
DDB person (GND) ID
10877869X
Freebase ID
/m/0660bv5
Guggenheim fellows ID
thomas-m-liggett
Show all 29 identifiers +17
IdRef ID
072982675
J9U entity ID
987007436809705171
KBR person ID
14728851
MR Author ID
113985
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
36685
NL CR AUT ID
jcu2013797206
NLA Trove people ID
985524
NUKAT ID
n97091202
National Academy of Sciences member ID
2511413
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070942846
Open Library ID
OL28580A
Prabook ID
1782282
SBN author ID
RMSV000657
SHARE Catalogue author ID
47770
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdM8PmtBPRX8FDXh6QTHC
Yale LUX ID
person/7536d28e-05c7-43bc-9b99-9f41872e64f7
ZbMATH author ID
liggett.thomas-m

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Summary

Thomas M. Liggett was born on March 29, 1944[1], in Danville[2]. He died on May 12, 2020[3], in Los Angeles[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

FAQs

Where was Thomas M. Liggett born?

Thomas M. Liggett's place of birth was Danville[2].

Where did Thomas M. Liggett die?

Thomas M. Liggett died in Los Angeles[4].

What did Thomas M. Liggett do for work?

Thomas M. Liggett worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Thomas M. Liggett go to school?

Thomas M. Liggett was educated at Stanford University[12].

What awards did Thomas M. Liggett receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[14], Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[15], and Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imstat.org. Retrieved . imstat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [10] ↑ . curriculum vitae. Retrieved . imstat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . curriculum vitae. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [19] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [20] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [1] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [3] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . curriculum vitae. Retrieved . imstat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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