Christopher Hacon

Christopher Hacon fascinates me as someone who climbed to the summit of algebraic geometry, one of the hardest peaks in all of mathematics. Born in Manchester and holding British, Italian and American nationalities, he has racked up the Cole Prize, the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, and a Royal Society fellowship. I won't pretend to follow the proofs, but the sheer persistence required to push at questions with no guaranteed answer, for years, commands my awe. People like Hacon never trend on social media, yet they quietly expand humanity's map of what is knowable, and I find that profoundly moving.

Christopher Derek Hacon (born 14 February 1970) is a mathematician with British, Italian and US nationalities. He is currently distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Utah where he holds a Presidential Endowed Chair. His research interests include algebraic geometry.

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Name (English)

Christopher Hacon

Name (Japanese)

C. ヘコン

Reading

C. へこん

Born

February 14, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

Origin

Manchester, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

mathematician

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Cole Prize in Algebra
• 2011 Feltrinelli Prize
• 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
• 2019 Fellow of the Royal Society
• 2016 Moore prize
• 2013 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3

Tags

• mathematician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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