Professor of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, since 1972
Robert Langlands is an outstanding Canadian mathematician. He studied at UBC and Yale, and has received several honorary degrees. He is known for his work in group representations and number theory. He has received awards including the Commonwealth Award, the Cole Prize, the National Sciences Academy Award in Mathematics, and is a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
BA, UBC, 1957; MA, 1958; PhD (math), Yale U., 1960. Mem., Inst. for Advanced Study, Yale U., 1962-63; Miller Fellow, U. of C., Berkeley, 1964-65; Sloan Fellow 1964-65; Middle East Tech. U. 1967-68; Bonn U. 1970-71, 1980-81; Chercheur titulaire, Centre de recherches mathématiques, Montréal, 1990-93. Awards: Fellow, Roy.Soc.Can. 1972; Wilbur L. Cross Medal, Yale 1975; Fellow, Royal Soc. of London 1981; Cole Prize, Am. Math. Soc. 1982; Commonwealth Award 1984; Nat. Acad. of Sciences Award in Mathematics 1988; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Can. Math. Soc. Author: "Euler Products" 1971; "On the Functional Equations satisfied by Eisenstein Series" 1974; "Base Change for GL(2)" 1980; "Les débuts d'une formule des traces stable" 1983; co-author: "Automorphic Forms on GL(2)" 1970.
Sources: Canadian Who's Who, 1993; Paul Chernoff
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