Oscar Zariski (1899 - 1986)

* 24 April 1899, † 4 July 1986

Oscar Zariski was born on 24 April 1899 in Kobrin, Russian Empire (now Belarus). Zariski’s work was on foundations of algebraic geometry using algebraic methods. He worked on the theory of normal varieties, local uniformisation and the reduction of singularities of algebraic varieties. Oscar Zariski died on 4 July 1986 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.