David Mumford

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David Mumford
David Mumford in 2010
Born	(1937-06-11) 11 June 1937 (age 87) Worth, West Sussex, England
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	Algebraic geometry Mumford surface Deligne-Mumford stacks Mumford–Shah functional[1]
Awards	Putnam Fellow (1955, 1956) Sloan Fellowship (1962) Fields Medal (1974) MacArthur Fellowship (1987) Shaw Prize (2006) Steele Prize (2007) Wolf Prize (2008) Longuet-Higgins Prize (2005, 2009) National Medal of Science (2010) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2012)
Honours	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Honoris Causa)[2]
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Brown University Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Oscar Zariski
Doctoral students	Avner Ash Henri Gillet Tadao Oda Emma Previato Malka Schaps Michael Stillman Jonathan Wahl Song-Chun Zhu

David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry and then for research into vision and pattern theory. He won the Fields Medal and was a MacArthur Fellow. In 2010 he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He is currently a University Professor Emeritus in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.