Beno Eckmann
Beno Eckmann (1988)
Born	(1917-03-31)31 March 1917 Bern, Switzerland
Died	25 November 2008(2008-11-25) (aged 91) Zürich, Switzerland
Alma mater	ETH Zurich
Known for	Calabi–Eckmann manifolds Eckmann–Hilton duality Eckmann–Hilton argument Eckmann–Shapiro lemma Injective hull
Awards	Albert Einstein Medal (2008)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	ETH Zurich
Doctoral advisor	Heinz Hopf
Doctoral students	Alfred Aeppli Erwin Bolthausen Alfred Frölicher Hans Grauert Peter J. Huber Michel Kervaire Ernst Specker Urs Stammbach

Beno Eckmann (31 March 1917 – 25 November 2008^[1]) was a Swiss mathematician who made contributions to algebraic topology, homological algebra, group theory, and differential geometry.

Life

Born to a Jewish family in Bern, Eckmann received his master's degree from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH) in 1939. Later, he studied there under Heinz Hopf, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1941. Eckmann was the 2008 recipient of the Albert Einstein Medal.^[2]

Legacy

Calabi–Eckmann manifolds, Eckmann–Hilton duality, the Eckmann–Hilton argument, and the Eckmann–Shapiro lemma are named after Eckmann.

Family

Eckmann's son is mathematical physicist Jean-Pierre Eckmann.^[3]