Robert d macpherson biography

American mathematician

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Robert Duncan MacPherson (born May 25, 1944) is an American mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Early life and education

Robert Duncan MacPherson was born in Lakewood, Ohio on May 25, 1944.^[1]

He received his bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in 1966.^[1] MacPherson received his PhD from Harvard in 1970 with a thesis, written under the direction of Raoul Bott, entitled Singularities of Maps and Characteristic Classes.^[2]

Career

MacPherson was at Brown University as a J.

D. Tamarkin Instructor from 1970 to 1972, an assistant professor from 1972 to 1974, an associate professor from 1974 to 1977, and then a professor from 1977 to 1987.^[1] He was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1987 to 1994.^[1] He became a professor