Bryan John Birch

Bryan John Birch
Birch explaining the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture at the University of Cambridge in May 2011
Born (1931-09-25) 25 September 1931 (age 93)
NationalityBritish
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forBirch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
Birch–Tate conjecture
Birch's theorem
Heegner point
Modular symbol
AwardsSenior Whitehead Prize (1993)
De Morgan Medal (2007)
Sylvester Medal (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Doctoral advisorJ. W. S. Cassels
Doctoral studentsKaye Stacey

Bryan John Birch FRS (born 25 September 1931) is a British mathematician. His name has been given to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.