Biography:Nate Ackerman

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Short description: American-British Olympic wrestler and mathematician
Nate Ackerman
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Ackerman in 2009
Born
Nathanael Leedom Ackerman[1]

(1978-03-04)March 4, 1978[1]
New York City, New York
NationalityBritish and American
OccupationLecturer in mathematics at Harvard University
Known forOlympic and international wrestler
Parent(s)Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman

Nathanael Leedom Ackerman (born March 4, 1978),[1] known as Nate Ackerman, is a British-American mathematician and wrestler. He is the son of Peter Ackerman and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman.

Ackerman competed in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games as part of the Great Britain National Team.[2] He also competed in the 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2011 World Championships.[3] Ackerman's best international finish was fifth at the 2011 Commonwealth Championship.[1]

Ackerman was born in New York City , New York, United States to Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman. He was educated at the American School in London[4] and then Harvard University, where he graduated in June 2000.

He received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 2006 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon (GBR)". https://whatsmat.uww.org/daten.php?spid=B71507360C794F80AB78E0C16401D490. 
  2. Phillips, Michael (25 May 2004). "Britain's only wrestler grapples with a crowd". Athens 2004. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/may/25/athensolympics2004.olympicgames. Retrieved 14 July 2009. 
  3. Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon (GBR). FILA Wrestling Database. Retrieved on 20 July 2009.
  4. Brehm, Denise (August 13, 2004), "MIT brains, brawn and bright lights go to Athens Olympics", MIT News (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2004/olympics 
  5. Nate Ackerman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. Nathanael Leedom Ackerman (2006). On Quantifier Rank Spectrum of L-Infinity-Omega (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.