Murre in 2004

Jacob Pieter "Jaap" Murre (18 September 1929 – 9 April 2023) was a Dutch mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. He was a professor of mathematics at Leiden University.

Career

Murre was born on 18 September 1929 in Baarland.[1] At his small primary school one of his classmates and friends was later botanist Jan Zeevaart.[2] Murre studied mathematics at Leiden University and in 1957 he obtained his doctorate under Hendrik Kloosterman with a thesis titled: "Over multipliciteiten van maximaal samenhangende bossen".[1][3] In 1959 he was appointed associate professor (lector) at Leiden University. In 1961 he became professor of mathematics at the same institute, with a teaching assignment in algebraic geometry.[1] He retired in 1994.[3]

Murre was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971.[4] He was elected a foreign member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino in 2004.[5]

Murre died on 9 April 2023 at the age of 93.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jacob Pieter Murre" (in Dutch). Leiden University - Leidse hoogleraren vanaf 1575. Archived from the original on 2 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Chris and Annie Peters (13 February 2012). "Interview met Jaap Murre" (PDF) (in Dutch). Institut Fourier. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Curriculum Vitae Jacob Pieter Murre". Leiden University. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Jaap Murre". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jacob Pietre MURRE" (in Italian). Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "In memoriam - professor Jaap Murre" (in Dutch). Leiden University. 21 April 2023.


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