Irving Kaplansky

Who is this?

Irving Kaplansky (March 22, 1917 – June 25, 2006) was a mathematician, college professor, author, and amateur musician.

Career

1. 1917
   Born
2. 1938
   Won Putnam Fellow
3. 1948
   Won Guggenheim Fellowship
4. 1968
   Won Jeffery–Williams Prize
5. 1989
   Won Leroy P. Steele Prize
6. 2006
   Passed away
7. Member of National Academy of Sciences
8. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
9. Notable work: Erdős–Kaplansky theorem
10. Notable work: Kaplansky density theorem
11. Notable work: Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms
12. Notable work: Kaplansky's theorem on projective modules
13. Notable work: Kaplansky's conjectures

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Toronto
• •Citizenship: Canada, United States
• •Known as: mathematician, university teacher