What is Richard Taylor (mathematician)?
{{for|the Canadian [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] laureate|Richard E. Taylor}} {{for|the American [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general|Richard Taylor (general)}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Richard Taylor |image = Richard Taylor (mathematician).jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|05|19|df=y}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] |field = [[Mathematics]] |work_institutions = [[Harvard University]] |alma_mater = [[Princeton University]]<br>[[Clare College, Cambridge]] |doctoral_advisor = [[Andrew Wiles]] |doctoral_students = [[Kevin Buzzard]]<br>[[Ana Caraiani]]<br>[[Ashley Jarvis]]<br>[[David Savitt (mathematician)|David Savitt]] |known_for = |prizes = [[Whitehead Prize]] (1990)<br>[[Fermat Prize]] (2001)<br>[[Ostrowski Prize]] (2001)<br>[[Cole Prize]] (2002)<br>[[Shaw Prize]] (2007) |religion = }} '''Richard Lawrence Taylor''' (born 19 May 1962) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mathematician]]. He works in [[number theory]]. He was a former research student of [[Andrew Wiles]]. He returned to [[Princeton University|Princeton]] to help Wiles complete the proof of [[Fermat's last theorem]]. Taylor received the 2007 [[Shaw Prize]] in Mathematical Sciences. This for his work on the [[Langlands program]]. He did this work with [[Robert Langlands]]. ==Career== Taylor received his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Clare College, Cambridge]].<ref name=oxbgaz>SAVILIAN PROFESSORSHIP OF GEOMETRY in NOTICES, University Gazette 23.3.95 No. 4359 [http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9495/230395/notc.txt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010125621/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/backissues/9495/230395/notc.txt |date=2007-10-10 }}</ref><ref name=WW/> He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from [[Princeton University]] in 1988. From 1995 to 1996 he held the [[Savilian chair of geometry|Savilian Chair of Geometry]]<ref name=ox