Bill Parry (mathematician)

William Parry
Parry at Oberwolfach in 1968
Born(1934-07-03)3 July 1934
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Died20 August 2006(2006-08-20) (aged 72)
OccupationMathematician
Known forErgodic theory and dynamical systems
TitleProfessor of Mathematics
Fellow of the Royal Society
Spouse
Benita Teper
(m. 1958⁠–⁠2006)
Children1
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College London
University of Liverpool
Imperial College London
ThesisErgodic and mixing transformations (1960)
Doctoral advisorYael Dowker
Academic work
InstitutionsBirmingham University
University of Sussex
University of Warwick
Doctoral studentsMark Pollicott
Mary Rees

William Parry FRS (3 July 1934 – 20 August 2006) was an English mathematician who worked in dynamical systems, and, in particular, ergodic theory. In particular, he studied subshifts of finite type nilflows.