John Kingman

Sir John Kingman
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol
In office
1985–2001
Preceded byPeter Haggett (acting)
Alec Merrison
Succeeded bySir Eric Thomas
Personal details
Born
John Frank Charles Kingman

(1939-08-28) 28 August 1939 (age 85)[1]
Beckenham, Kent, England
SpouseValerie Cromwell (m. 1964–2018)
ChildrenJohn Oliver Frank Kingman
EducationChrist's College, Finchley
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, 1960)
Known forCoalescent theory
Heavy traffic approximation
Kingman's formula
Kingman's subadditive ergodic theorem
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Sir John Frank Charles Kingman FRS[4] (born 28 August 1939)[5] is a British mathematician.[2][6] He served as N. M. Rothschild and Sons Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Isaac Newton Institute at the University of Cambridge from 2001 until 2006,[1][5][7] when he was succeeded by David Wallace. He is known for developing the mathematics of the coalescent theory, a theoretical model of inheritance that is fundamental to modern population genetics.

  1. ^ a b Anon (2007). "Kingman, Sir John (Frank Charles)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.23167. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c John Kingman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Hall, Peter Gavin (1976). Some Problems in Limit Theory for Stochastic Processes and Sums of Random Variables. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 500461400. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.457865. Free access icon
  4. ^ "Sir John Kingman FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b "John Frank Charles Kingman". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. University of St Andrews. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  6. ^ Kingman's page at the Isaac Newton Institute
  7. ^ "Sir John Kingman, FRS". Isaac Newton Institute. Retrieved 19 November 2010.