Editing Edward Nelson (section)

==Biography==
Edward Nelson was born in [[Decatur, Georgia]], in 1932. He spent his early childhood in [[Rome]] where his father worked for the Italian YMCA. At the advent of [[World War II]], Nelson moved with his mother to [[New York City]], where he attended high school at the [[Bronx High School of Science]]. His father, who spoke fluent [[Russian language|Russian]], stayed in [[St. Petersburg]] in connection with issues related to [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]]. After the war, his family returned to Italy and he attended the [[Liceo Scientifico]] Giovanni Verga in Rome.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.math.princeton.edu/people/edward-nelson |title=Edward Nelson 1932-2014 |last1=Aizenman |first1=Michael |last2=Kochen |first2=Simon |last3=Lieb |first3=Elliott |last4=Simon |first4=Barry |last5=Gunning |first5=Robert |date=2014 |website=Princeton University Department of Mathematics |publisher=The Trustees of Princeton University |access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>

He received his Ph.D. in 1955 from the [[University of Chicago]], where he worked with [[Irving Segal]]. He was a member of the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] from 1956 to 1959. He held a position at [[Princeton University]] starting in 1959, attaining the rank of professor there in 1964 and retiring in 2013.

In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].{{sfn|AMS|2012}} He died in [[Princeton, New Jersey]], on September 10, 2014.{{sfn|Princeton University|2014}}