Nate Ackerman

Nate Ackerman
Ackerman in 2024
Personal information
Full nameNathanael Leedom Ackerman[1]
Nationality Great Britain
 United States
Born (1978-03-04) March 4, 1978 (age 46)[1]
New York, New York, U.S.
OccupationLecturer in mathematics at Harvard University
Parent(s)Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman
Sport
SportWrestling
EventFreestyle
ClubDave Schultz Wrestling Club

Nathanael Leedom Ackerman (born March 4, 1978),[1] known as Nate Ackerman, is a British-American mathematician and wrestler. He is the son of Peter Ackerman and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman.

Ackerman competed in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games as part of the Great Britain National Team.[2] He also competed in the 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2011 World Championships.[3] Ackerman's best international finish was fifth at the 2011 Commonwealth Championship.[1]

Ackerman was born in New York City, New York, United States to Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman. He was educated at the American School in London[4] and then Harvard University, where he graduated in June 2000.

He received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 2006 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon (GBR)". whatsmat.uww.org. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ^ Phillips, Michael (25 May 2004). "Britain's only wrestler grapples with a crowd". Athens 2004. The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  3. ^ Ackerman, Nathanael Leedon (GBR). FILA Wrestling Database. Retrieved on 20 July 2009.
  4. ^ Brehm, Denise (13 August 2004), "MIT brains, brawn and bright lights go to Athens Olympics", MIT News, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  5. ^ Nate Ackerman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. ^ Nathanael Leedom Ackerman (2006). On Quantifier Rank Spectrum of L-Infinity-Omega (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.