Facts: - doctoral students: boris okun - known for: farrell-jones conjecture , tate-farrell cohomology - work institutions: suny binghamton - field: topology , differential geometry - doctoral advisor: wu-chung hsiang - birth date: 14 november 1941 - name: f. thomas farrell - nationality: american - birth place: ohio , united states - alma mater: ph.d. , 1967 yale university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of f. thomas farrell .
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f. thomas farrell -lrb- born november 11 , 1941 ohio , united states -rrb- is a u.s. mathematician who has made contributions in the area of topology and differential geometry .farrell is a distinguished professor at math sciences department , suny binghamton .he also hold a position at yau mathematical sciences center , tsinghua university .