page_title: Friedrich Hirzebruch
hierarchical_section_title: Friedrich Hirzebruch
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Friedrich Hirzebruch, deutscher Mathematiker, in DortmundEnglish: Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician, in Dortmund
context_page_description: Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. He has been described as "the most important mathematician in Germany of the postwar period."
context_section_description: Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS (17 October 1927 – 27 May 2012) was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. He has been described as "the most important mathematician in Germany of the postwar period."
caption: Friedrich Hirzebruch in 1980 (picture courtesy MFO)
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