doctoral_advisor birth_place nationality field work_institutions birth_date prizes article_title name alma_mater
raoul bott champaign , illinois american mathematics new york university 6 august 1936 leroy p. steele prize harold edwards -lrb- mathematician -rrb-
 harold mortimer edwards , jr. . harvard university
harold edwards -lrb- mathematician -rrb-

harold mortimer edwards , jr. -lrb- born august 6 , 1936 -rrb- is an american mathematician working in number theory , algebra , and the history and philosophy of mathematics .
he was one of the co-founding editors , with bruce chandler , of `` the mathematical intelligencer '' .
he is the author of expository books on the riemann zeta function , on galois theory , and on fermat 's last theorem .
he wrote a book on leopold kronecker 's work on divisor theory providing a systematic exposition of that work -- a task that kronecker never completed .
he has written textbooks on linear algebra , calculus , and number theory .
he also wrote a book of essays on constructive mathematics .
edwards received his ph.d. in 1961 from harvard university , under the supervision of raoul bott .
he has taught at harvard and columbia university ; he joined the faculty at new york university in 1966 , and has been an emeritus professor since 2002 .
in 1980 , edwards won the leroy p. steele prize for mathematical exposition of the american mathematical society , for his books on the riemann zeta function and fermat 's last theorem .
for his contribution in the field of the history of mathematics he was awarded the albert leon whiteman memorial prize by the ams in 2005 .
in 2012 he became a fellow of the american mathematical society .
edwards is married to betty rollin , a former nbc news correspondent , author , and breast cancer survivor .
