Frances Kirwan

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Frances Kirwan is a prominent British mathematician known for her influential work in algebraic and symplectic geometry and for serving as the first female Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford.

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instanceOf Fellow of the Royal Society
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human
mathematician
university professor
academicDiscipline pure mathematics
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
De Morgan Medal NERFINISHED
Senior Whitehead Prize NERFINISHED
Sylvester Medal NERFINISHED
Whitehead Prize NERFINISHED
citizenship United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
doctoralAdvisor Michael Atiyah NERFINISHED
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Oxford
employer University of Oxford
familyName Kirwan NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork algebraic geometry
geometric invariant theory
mathematics
symplectic geometry
givenName Frances NERFINISHED
hasAcademicAdvisor Michael Atiyah NERFINISHED
hasGender female
hasHonorificPrefix Dame
hasRole Savilian Professor of Geometry NERFINISHED
honorificTitle Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
isProfessorAt University of Oxford NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf London Mathematical Society NERFINISHED
Royal Society
name Frances Kirwan NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableFor being the first female Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford
contributions to geometric invariant theory
work in algebraic geometry
work in symplectic geometry
notableWork research on moduli spaces in algebraic geometry
work on moment maps and geometric invariant theory
occupation mathematician
university teacher
positionHeld Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
Savilian Professor of Geometry NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
workplace University of Oxford NERFINISHED

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