About Nigel Boston
Lived 1961 – 2024 (aged 62). Nigel Boston was an American mathematician and university teacher.
Nigel Boston (July 20, 1961 – March 31, 2024) was a British-American mathematician, who made notable contributions to algebraic number theory, group theory, and arithmetic geometry.
Biography Boston attended Harvard University, earning his doctorate in 1987, under supervision of Barry Mazur. He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Boston died on March 31, 2024, at the age of 62.
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British-American mathematician
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Nigel Boston was born on 20 July 1961.
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Nigel Boston died on 31 March 2024.
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