Editing Robert Langlands (section)

==Early life and career==
Langlands was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, in 1936 to Robert Langlands and Kathleen J Phelan. He has two younger sisters (Mary b. 1938; Sally b. 1941). In 1945, his family moved to [[White Rock, British Columbia|White Rock]], near the US border, where his parents had a building supply and construction business.<ref name=ubc>{{cite web| title=UBC Newsletter: Robert Langlands Interview| url=https://www.math.ubc.ca/Dept/Newsletters/Robert_Langlands_interview_2010.pdf| year=2010| access-date=June 22, 2018| archive-date=April 7, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083054/http://www.math.ubc.ca/Dept/Newsletters/Robert_Langlands_interview_2010.pdf}}</ref><ref name=star/><ref name="TG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/2018/mar/20/abel-prize-2018-robert-langlands-wins-for-unified-theory-of-maths|title=Abel Prize 2018: Robert Langlands wins for 'unified theory of maths'|work=The Guardian|author=Alex Bellos|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>

He graduated from [[Semiahmoo Secondary School]] and started enrolling at the [[University of British Columbia]] at the age of 16, receiving his undergraduate degree in mathematics in 1957;<ref name="nyt20180320">{{cite news|last1=Kenneth|first1=Chang|title=Robert P. Langlands Is Awarded the Abel Prize, a Top Math Honor|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/science/robert-langlands-abel-prize-mathematics.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=March 20, 2018}}</ref> he continued at UBC to receive a M.Sc. in 1958. He then went to [[Yale University]], where he received a Ph.D. in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2018/mar/21/canadian-mathematician-robert-langlands-wins-abel-prize-for-2018-1790351.html|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|title=Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands wins Abel Prize for 2018|date=March 21, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>

His first academic position was at [[Princeton University]] from 1960 to 1967, where he worked as an associate professor.<ref name=star /> He spent a year in Turkey at [[Middle East Technical University|METU]] during 1967–68 in an office next to [[Cahit Arf|Cahit Arf's]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert Langlands wins Abel Prize 2018 for 'unified theory of maths' {{!}} Mathematics Department|url=https://math.metu.edu.tr/en/announcement/robert-langlands-wins-abel-prize-2018-unified-theory-maths|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=math.metu.edu.tr}}</ref> He was a Miller Research Fellow at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], from 1964 to 1965, then was a professor at [[Yale University]] from 1967 to 1972. He was appointed Hermann Weyl Professor at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in 1972, and became professor emeritus in January 2007.<ref name=EF/>