Editing Hal Abelson (section)

==Education==
Abelson graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in mathematics from [[Princeton University]] in 1969 after completing a senior thesis on ''Actions with fixed-point set: a homology sphere'', supervised by [[William Browder (mathematician)|William Browder]].<ref name=mathgene>{{MathGenealogy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Abelson|first=Harold|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/3706758|title=Actions with fixed-point set : a homology sphere|date=1969|publisher=Princeton, NJ: Department of Mathematics|language=en}}</ref>

He received his [[PhD]] in mathematics from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1973 after completing his research on ''Topologically distinct conjugate varieties with finite fundamental group'' supervised by [[Dennis Sullivan]].<ref name="self" /><ref>{{Cite thesis|first=Harold|last=Abelson|year=1973|degree=PhD|publisher=MIT|oclc=30082612|url=https://mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MIT_INST/ejdckj/alma990006784080106761|website=mit.edu|access-date=2020-05-31|title=Topologically distinct conjugate varieties with finite fundamental group}}</ref>