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Date of Birth
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10-October-1945
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Place of Birth
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Savannah
(Georgia, United States of America, Chatham County, Area code 912)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Robert L. Griess Jr., Robert Louis Griess, Jr.
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Profession
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Mathematician
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Robert Louis Griess, Jr. is a mathematician working on finite simple groups and vertex algebras. Currently, Griess is a professor of mathematics at University of Michigan.
He constructed the monster group using the Griess algebra.
He received the AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research in 2010. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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