▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 3 5 ▁birth s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁educated ▁at ▁Works op ▁College ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁P embro ke ▁College , ▁Oxford ▁Category : Arch de a cons ▁of ▁P ly mouth ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁Ch ich ester ▁The ological ▁College ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Ang lo - C atholic ▁cler gy <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁Mark ▁Gold man ▁( born ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁in ▁Kansas ▁City , ▁Missouri ) ▁is ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁mathematics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Maryland , ▁College ▁Park ▁( since ▁ 1 9 8 6 ). ▁ ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁B . A . ▁in ▁mathematics ▁from ▁Pr inc eton ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁and ▁a ▁Ph . D . ▁in ▁mathematics ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁Research ▁contributions ▁Gold man ▁has ▁investig ated ▁geometric ▁structures , ▁in ▁various ▁inc arn ations , ▁on ▁manif olds ▁since ▁his ▁under grad uate ▁th esis , ▁" Aff ine ▁manif olds ▁and ▁project ive ▁geometry ▁on ▁manif olds " ▁( super vised ▁by ▁William ▁Th ur ston ▁and ▁Dennis ▁S ull ivan ). ▁ ▁This ▁work ▁led ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁Morris ▁Hir sch ▁and ▁David ▁Fried ▁on ▁aff ine ▁structures ▁on ▁manif olds , ▁and ▁work ▁in ▁real ▁project ive ▁structures ▁on ▁compact ▁surfaces . ▁In ▁particular ▁he ▁proved ▁that ▁the ▁space