Shiing-Shen Chern

Career

1. 1911
   Born
2. 1954
   Won Guggenheim Fellowship
3. 1975
   Won National Medal of Science
4. 1983
   Won Wolf Prize in Mathematics
5. 1989
   Member of American Philosophical Society
6. 1996
   Won Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit
7. 2002
   Won Lobachevsky Prize
8. 2004
   Passed away
9. Member of Royal Society
10. Member of French Academy of Sciences
11. Notable work: Chern class
12. Notable work: Chern–Weil theory
13. Notable work: Chern–Simons theory
14. Notable work: Chern–Simons form
15. Notable work: Chern–Weil homomorphism

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Jiaxing
• •Citizenship: People's Republic of China, United States
• •Known as: mathematician, university teacher
• •Spouse: Zheng Shining