Herbert Clemens | |
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| Born | 15 August 1939 (age 85) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Clemens conjecture |
| Awards | Sloan Research Fellowship Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians (1974, 1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic geometry |
| Institutions | Columbia University University of Utah Ohio State University |
| Thesis | Picard-Lefschetz Theorem for Families of Algebraic Varieties Acquiring Certain Singularities (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Phillip Griffiths |
| Doctoral students | Enrico Arbarello |
Charles Herbert Clemens Jr. (born 15 August 1939)[1] is an American mathematician specializing in complex algebraic geometry.[2]