"Dr. Ribet of Berkeley said Dr. Shimura was “a major figure in 20th-century mathematics” but “not a good salesman for himself.” In the 1960s and ’70s, Dr. Shimura published long, difficult-to-follow papers, and it took others time to appreciate his advances."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/obituaries/goro-shimura-dead.html

ある面、志村さんともっちーは似ている。