John G. Thompson

John Thompson
John Thompson
	John Thompson in 2007
Born	October 13, 1932 (age 91) ; Ottawa, Kansas , U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University ( B.A. 1955) ; University of Chicago ( Ph.D. 1959)
Awards	Cole Prize (1965) ; Fields Medal (1970) ; Fellow of the Royal Society (1979) ; Senior Berwick Prize (1982) ; Sylvester Medal (1985) ; Wolf Prize (1992) ; Medaille Poincare (1992) ; National Medal of Science (2000) ; Abel Prize (2008) ; De Morgan Medal (2013)
	Scientific career
Fields	Group theory
Institutions	Harvard University (1961?62) ; University of Chicago (1962?68) ; University of Cambridge (1968?93) ; University of Florida (1993?present)
Thesis	A Proof that a Finite Group with a Fixed-Point-Free Automorphism of Prime Order is Nilpotent (1959)
Doctoral advisor	Saunders Mac Lane
Doctoral students	R. L. Griess ; Richard Lyons ; Charles Sims

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

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↑ Thompson, John Griggs ? serge.mehl.free.fr
↑ Liste des 122 fondations Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine . The medaille Poincare awarded by the French Academy of Sciences was eliminated in 1997 in favor of the Grande Medaille .

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