Source: http://www.stanforddaily.com/2017/07/17/obituary-maryam-mirzakhani-math-professor-and-fields-medal-trailblazer-dies-at-40/
Maryam Mirzakhani, Stanford mathematics professor and the only
woman to earn the Fields Medal, died Saturday at age 40 after a four-year
battle with breast cancer.
Iranian-born Mirzakhani won her Fields Medal, mathematics’ most
prestigious honor, in 2014. The award is often equated to the Nobel Prize.
Mirzakhani’s colleagues have honored both her academic achievements and her
character.
(Courtesy of
Stanford News)
“Maryam is gone far too soon, but her impact will live on for the
thousands of women she inspired to pursue math and science,” said Stanford
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne to Stanford News. “Maryam was a brilliant mathematical theorist, and also a humble
person who accepted honors only with the hope that it might encourage others to
follow her path. Her contributions as both a scholar and a role model are
significant and enduring, and she will be dearly missed here at Stanford and
around the world.”
