Laureate

Jacques Tits

1930–2021 · Belgium · Male

Awards

  1. 1993

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

    Math

    for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to the theory of the structure of algebraic and other classes of groups and in particular for the theory of buildings.

  2. 2008

    Abel Prize

    Math

    For their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.