French mathematician who has made fundamental contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954, the Wolf Prize in 2000 and the Abel Prize in 2003, making him one of four mathematicians to achieve this (along with Pierre Deligne, John Milnor, and John G. Thompson). Link to Wikipedia biography
Serre Jean-Pierre was born on Wed Sep 15 1926 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) at Bages , France.