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Michael Atiyah

Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)

Life at a glance

Died
2019 · January 11

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Who they were

Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)

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Michael Atiyah appears on our January 11 calendar for 2019 as a death entry.

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January 11 2019.

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