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Also known as John Griggs Thompson

American mathematician

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Works
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  • Supreme Court, U.S., no. 114. Kilbourn, Plaintiff in Error vs. J.G. Thompson, J.M. Glover, J.D. New, B.B. Lewis and A.H. Smith. In Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Assault and Imprisonment, 1876
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  • The law of criminal procedure in Ireland

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Germany
Active from
1948-09-21

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Key facts

Doctoral students
R. L. Griess , Richard Lyons , Charles Sims , Nick Patterson , David Goldschmidt , David Benson
Born
John Griggs Thompson , ( 1932-10-13 ) October 13, 1932 (age 93) , Ottawa, Kansas , U.S.
Education
Yale University ( BA ), University of Chicago ( MA , PhD )
Awards
Cole Prize (1965), Fields Medal (1970), Fellow of the Royal Society (1979), Senior Berwick Prize (1982), Sylvester Medal (1985), Wolf Prize (1992), Poincaré Medal (1992) , National Medal of Science (2000), Abel Prize (2008), De Morgan Medal (2013)
Fields
Group theory
Institutions
Harvard University (1961–62), University of Chicago (1962–68), University of Cambridge (1968–93) , University of Florida (1993–)
Thesis
A Proof that a Finite Group with a Fixed-Point-Free Automorphism of Prime Order is Nilpotent (1959)
Doctoral advisor
Saunders Mac Lane

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Encyclopedic overview

John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is an American mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992, and the Abel Prize in 2008.

Biography

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