Ugo Morin (February 7, 1901 – January 1, 1968) was an Italian mathematician and antifascist.

Biography

Morin was born in Trieste in 1901. His family was originally from Mali Lošinj. He got his first degree at the

University of Padova The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from B ...

in 1926; in 1933 he was a lecturer of geometry. In 1935 he became a professor at Padova's University, and from 1942 to 1945 he taught at the University of Florence (

analytical geometry In classical mathematics, analytic geometry, also known as coordinate geometry or Cartesian geometry, is the study of geometry using a coordinate system. This contrasts with synthetic geometry. Analytic geometry is used in physics and engineerin ...

). From 1946 he was again a professor in Padova, where he died in 1968. He was also an author of many scientific articles about classical

algebraic geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics, classically studying zeros of multivariate polynomials. Modern algebraic geometry is based on the use of abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, for solving geometrical ...

and abstract algebra. While he was working in Florence, he was an active antifascist: he was organising the Partito d’Azione and his militia, participating actively with the Resistance, organising the clandestine Partito d’Azione and Giustizia e Libertà; in 1945 he was the chairman of the Tuscan CLN ( National Liberation Committee).

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Biography (Italian)
PRISTEM (Università Bocconi) 1901 births 1967 deaths 20th-century Italian mathematicians Italian anti-fascists {{Italy-mathematician-stub