Saunders Mac Lane

Saunders Mac Lane
Saunders Mac Lane
Born	Leslie Saunders MacLane; 4 August 1909; Taftville, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	14 April 2005 (aged 95); San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University (BA); University of Chicago (MA); University of Göttingen (PhD)
Known for	Acyclic model; Category theory; Shuffle algebra; Standard complex; Mac Lane coherence theorem; Mac Lane set theory; Mac Lane's condition; Mac Lane's planarity criterion; Eilenberg–MacLane space; Steinitz–Mac Lane exchange lemma
Spouse	Dorothy Jones (m. 1934)
Awards	Chauvenet Prize (1941); Leroy P. Steele Prize (1986); National Medal of Science (1989)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematical logic; Algebraic number theory; Algebraic topology
Institutions	Harvard University; Cornell University; University of Chicago; Columbia University
Doctoral advisor	Hermann Weyl; Paul Bernays
Doctoral students	Steve Awodey; David Eisenbud; William Howard; Irving Kaplansky; Roger Lyndon; Michael D. Morley; Anil Nerode; Robert Solovay; John G. Thompson

Saunders Mac Lane (August 4, 1909 – April 14, 2005), born Leslie Saunders MacLane, was an American mathematician who co-founded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.

^ Mac Lane, Saunders (1940). "Modular Fields". Amer. Math. Monthly. 47 (5): 67–84. doi:10.2307/2302685. JSTOR 2302685.
^ Mac Lane, Saunders (1939). "Some Recent Advances in Algebra". Amer. Math. Monthly. 46 (1): 3–19. doi:10.2307/2302916. JSTOR 2302916.
^ Pearce, Jeremy (April 21, 2005). "Saunders Mac Lane, 95, Pioneer of Algebra's Category Theory, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[1] Mac Lane, Saunders (1940). "Modular Fields". Amer. Math. Monthly. 47 (5): 67–84. doi:10.2307/2302685. JSTOR 2302685.

[2] Mac Lane, Saunders (1939). "Some Recent Advances in Algebra". Amer. Math. Monthly. 46 (1): 3–19. doi:10.2307/2302916. JSTOR 2302916.

[3] Pearce, Jeremy (April 21, 2005). "Saunders Mac Lane, 95, Pioneer of Algebra's Category Theory, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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Saunders Mac Lane

Born	Leslie Saunders MacLane (1909-08-04)4 August 1909 Taftville, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	14 April 2005(2005-04-14) (aged 95)^[3] San Francisco, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (MA) University of Göttingen (PhD)
Known for	Acyclic model Category theory Shuffle algebra Standard complex Mac Lane coherence theorem Mac Lane set theory Mac Lane's condition Mac Lane's planarity criterion Eilenberg–MacLane space Steinitz–Mac Lane exchange lemma
Spouse	Dorothy Jones (m. 1934)
Awards	Chauvenet Prize (1941)^[1]^[2] Leroy P. Steele Prize (1986) National Medal of Science (1989)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematical logic Algebraic number theory Algebraic topology
Institutions	Harvard University Cornell University University of Chicago Columbia University
Doctoral advisor	Hermann Weyl Paul Bernays
Doctoral students	Steve Awodey David Eisenbud William Howard Irving Kaplansky Roger Lyndon Michael D. Morley Anil Nerode Robert Solovay John G. Thompson