Gerhard Hochschild

Gerhard Hochschild
Gerhard Hochschild
BornApril 29, 1915
DiedJuly 8, 2010 (age 95)
CitizenshipGerman
American
SpouseRuth Heinsheimer
Parent(s)Lilli and Heinrich Hochschild
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Cape Town
Princeton University
Doctoral advisorClaude Chevalley
Academic work
InstitutionsUIUC
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral studentsAndrzej Białynicki-Birula
James Ax

Gerhard Paul Hochschild (April 29, 1915 in Berlin – July 8, 2010 in El Cerrito, California) was a German-born American mathematician who worked on Lie groups, algebraic groups, homological algebra and algebraic number theory.