Egbert van Kampen

Egbert van Kampen
Van Kampen in 1935
Born
Egbert Rudolf van Kampen

(1908-05-28)28 May 1908
Died11 February 1942(1942-02-11) (aged 33)
Alma materLeiden University
Known forSeifert–Van Kampen theorem
Van Kampen diagram
Scientific career
FieldsTopology
Thesis Die kombinatorische Topologie und die Dualitätssätze  (1929)
Doctoral advisorWillem van der Woude

Egbert Rudolf van Kampen (28 May 1908 – 11 February 1942) was a Dutch mathematician. He made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups.