Celebratio Mathematica

Raoul H. Bott

Photos of Raoul Bott

Photo courtesy of Candace Bott.
International Symposium on Algebraic Topology, Mexico City, 1956.

Front row, from left to right: 1. William Massey 2. (?), 3. Friedrich Hirzebruch, 4. Hans Samelson, 5. Raoul Bott, 6. J. H. C. Whitehead.

Second row: 1. (?), 2. (?), 3. (?), 4. (?), 5. Witold Hurewicz (who was killed a few days later falling off a pyramid), 5. (?), 6. (?), 7. Solomon Lefschetz.

Third row: 1. (?), 2. (?), 3. Morris Hirsch, 4. (?), 5. (?), 6. (?), 7. Leopoldo Nachbin.

These identifications are according to Michael Atiyah, who may have been lecturing at the time the photo was taken.