Egbert van Kampen

Egbert van Kampen
Van Kampen in 1935
Born	Egbert Rudolf van Kampen (1908-05-28)28 May 1908 Berchem, Belgium
Died	11 February 1942(1942-02-11) (aged 33) Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Alma mater	Leiden University
Known for	Seifert–Van Kampen theorem Van Kampen diagram
Scientific career
Fields	Topology
Thesis	Die kombinatorische Topologie und die Dualitätssätze  (1929)
Doctoral advisor	Willem van der Woude

Egbert Rudolf van Kampen (28 May 1908 – 11 February 1942) was a Dutch mathematician. He made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups.