Günter Harder was born on March 14, 1938 in Ratzeburg, Germany. He studied mathematics in Hamburg and Göttingen and received his doctoral degree in 1964. After a one-year postdoc position at Princeton University and a position as assistant professor at the University of Heidelberg, he became professor at the University of Bonn. From 1974 to 1980 he was professor in Wuppertal and then returned Bonn. From 1995 to 2006 he was one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. Günter Harder was awarded the Leibniz Prize in 1987 and the Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize in 2004. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1970 and in 1990.
Bonn Mathematics Mourns Death of Günter Harder Bonn Mathematics Mourns Death of Günter Harder
The Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn, the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics mourn the death of Günter Harder, who passed away on Tuesday, June 10, at the age of 87. Günter Harder was a professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn for about thirty years, a member of the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, and a scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics since 1991 and director from 1995 to 2006. His work area was arithmetic geometry and number theory, and after his retirement he remained a very active emeritus director. We have lost a wonderful person and a great mathematician who will be deeply missed!
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