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    Born
    28 March 1928
    Berlin, Germany
    Died
    13 November 2014
    Saint-Girons, France

    Summary
    Alexander Grothendieck was a German mathematician and Fields medal winner.

    He made important contributions in topology, algebra and logic.

    Biography

    Alexander Grothendieck's first name is often written as Alexandre, the form he adopted when living in France.

    His parents were Alexander Schapiro (1890-1942) and Johanna Grothendieck (1900-1957). His father was known by the standard Russian name of Sascha (for Alexander) while his mother was called Hanka.

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  • In order to get some understanding of Grothendieck's upbringing and personality, it is necessary to give some details about his parents, and in particular explain why he has his mother's name of Grothendieck. Alexander Schapiro was a Russian Jew, born in Novozybkov, a town near the point where Russia, White Russia (now Belarus), and Ukraine met.

    At the age of fifteen he fought for the revolutionaries against the Rus