Henry C. Wente, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Henry C. Wente

American mathematician who discovered the Wente torus

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1936

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Henry Christian Wente is an American mathematician, known for his 1986 discovery of the Wente torus, an immersed constant-mean-curvature surface whose existence disproved a conjecture of Heinz Hopf.Wente obtained his Ph.D.
from Harvard University in 1966, under the supervision of Garrett Birkhoff.
He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Toledo.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.