About Boris Moishezon
Lived 1937 – 1993 (aged 55). Boris Moishezon was a Russian, Israeli and American mathematician.
Boris Gershevich Moishezon (October 26, 1937 – August 25, 1993) was a Soviet mathematician. He left the Soviet Union in 1972 for Tel Aviv, and in 1977 moved to Columbia University, where he was a professor of mathematics until his death sixteen years later. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1983.
A resident of Leonia, New Jersey, Moishezon died at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey on August 25, 1993, due to a heart attack he suffered while jogging.
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Who was Boris Moishezon?
Russian mathematician (1937–1993)
When was Boris Moishezon born?
Boris Moishezon was born on 26 October 1937 in Odesa.
When did Boris Moishezon die?
Boris Moishezon died on 25 August 1993 in Teaneck.
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Boris Moishezon was a mathematician.
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Boris Moishezon was Russian, Israeli and American.
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