What is Pierre Deligne?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Pierre Deligne | image = deligne.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Pierre Deligne, March 2005 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|03|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Etterbeek]], [[Belgium]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = [[Belgians|Belgian]] | fields = [[Mathematics]] | workplaces = [[Institute for Advanced Study]]<br>[[Institut des hautes études scientifiques]] | alma_mater = [[Universite Libre de Bruxelles]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Alexander Grothendieck]] | doctoral_students = [[Lê Dũng Tráng]]<br>[[Miles Reid]]<br>[[Michael Rapoport]] | known_for = Proof of the [[Weil conjectures]] | awards = [[Abel Prize]] (2013)<br>[[Wolf Prize]] (2008)<br>[[Balzan Prize]] (2004)<br>[[Crafoord Prize]] (1988)<br>[[Fields Medal]] (1978) }} '''Pierre René, Viscount Deligne''' (born 3 October 1944) is an important [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[mathematician]]. He is known for work on the [[Weil conjectures]]. He was born in [[Etterbeek]]. He went to school at [[Athénée Adolphe Max]] and studied at the [[Universite Libre de Bruxelles]] (ULB). He was awarded the [[Fields Medal]] in 1978, the [[Crafoord Prize]] in 1988, the [[Balzan Prize]] in 2004 and the [[Wolf Prize]] in 2008. In 2006 he was [[ennobled]] by the Belgian king as [[viscount]].<ref>[http://www.diplomatie.be/fr/press/homedetails.asp?TEXTID=55693 Official announcement ennoblement] - Belgian Federal Public Service. 2006-07-18</ref> In 2009, Deligne was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]].<ref>[http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/_press/detail.asp?NewsId=1134 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Many new members elected to the Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710163709/https://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/_press/detail.asp?NewsId=1134 |date=2018-07-10 }}, press release on 12 February 2009</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Abel Prize winners}} {{DEFAULTSOR