Editing Goro Shimura (section)

==Biography==
Gorō Shimura was born in [[Hamamatsu]], [[Japan]], on 23 February 1930.<ref name="princeton-obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/05/08/goro-shimura-giant-number-theory-dies-89 |title=Goro Shimura, a 'giant' of number theory, dies at 89 |publisher=Princeton University Department of Mathematics |last=Fuller-Wright |first=Liz |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref> Shimura graduated with a B.A. in mathematics and a D.Sc. in mathematics from the [[University of Tokyo]] in 1952 and 1958, respectively.<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=18860}}</ref><ref name="princeton-obit"/>

After graduating, Shimura became a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, then worked abroad — including ten months in Paris and a seven-month stint at Princeton's [[Institute for Advanced Study]] — before returning to Tokyo, where he married Chikako Ishiguro.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="princeton-obit"/> He then moved from Tokyo to join the faculty of [[Osaka University]], but growing unhappy with his funding situation, he decided to seek employment in the United States.<ref name="mactutor"/><ref name="princeton-obit"/> Through [[André Weil]] he obtained a position at Princeton University.<ref name="mactutor">{{MacTutor Biography|id=Shimura}}</ref> Shimura joined the Princeton faculty in 1964 and retired in 1999, during which time he advised over 28 doctoral students and received the [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1970, the [[Cole Prize]] for number theory in 1977, the [[Asahi Prize]] in 1991, and the [[Steele Prize]] for lifetime achievement in 1996.<ref name="death-announcement"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/award/asahi/english.html |title=The Asahi Prize |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

Shimura described his approach to mathematics as "phenomenological": his interest was in finding new types of interesting behavior in the theory of automorphic forms. He also argued for a "romantic" approach, something he found lacking in the younger generation of mathematicians.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Goro|last=Shimura|date=5 September 2008|title=The Map of My Life|edition=Hardcover|publisher=[[Springer-Verlag]]| location=Berlin|isbn=978-0-387-79714-4|mr=2442779|url=https://www.springer.com/mathematics/history+of+mathematics/book/978-0-387-79714-4}}</ref> Shimura used a two-part process for research, using one desk in his home dedicated to working on new research in the mornings and a second desk for perfecting papers in the afternoon.<ref name="princeton-obit"/>

Shimura had two children, Tomoko and Haru, with his wife Chikako.<ref name="princeton-obit"/> Shimura died on 3 May 2019 in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]] at the age of 89.<ref name="death-announcement"/><ref name="princeton-obit"/>