| George Rushing Kempf | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 August 1944 Globe, Arizona |
| Died | 16 July 2002 (aged 57) Lawrence, Kansas |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
| Alma mater |
Johns Hopkins University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Steven Kleiman |
George Rushing Kempf (Globe, Arizona, August 12, 1944 – Lawrence, Kansas, July 16, 2002) was a mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry, who proved the Riemann–Kempf singularity theorem, the Kempf–Ness theorem, the Kempf vanishing theorem, and who introduced Kempf varieties.