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My Take
What strikes me about Benedict Gross is the rare blend he embodied: a deep number theorist celebrated with the Cole Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship, yet also a leader who served as Dean of Harvard College. That combination is unusual. Mathematicians of his caliber often retreat into pure research, but Gross clearly cared about mentoring and institution-building too. I find that admirable. His passing in late 2025 closes a long, distinguished arc that ran from Oxford to Harvard to UC San Diego, and I respect that he gave as much to students and colleagues as he did to the abstract beauty of numbers.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Benedict Gross
- Name (Japanese)
- ベネディクト・グロス
- Reading
- べねでぃくと・ぐろす
- Born
- June 22, 1950 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- South Orange, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mathematician / university teacher / scientist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Oxford
Awards & achievements
- MacArthur Fellows Program
- Cole Prize in Number Theory
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2013 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.math.harvard.edu/~gross/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Gross
Frequently asked questions
When was Benedict Gross born?
Born June 22, 1950 (age 76).
Where is Benedict Gross from?
Benedict Gross is from South Orange, New Jersey, United States.
What does Benedict Gross do?
Benedict Gross works as mathematician, university teacher, scientist.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-23
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.