John Horton Conway | |
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.jpg) Conway in June 2005 | |
| Born | 26 December 1937 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 11 April 2020 (aged 82) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Princeton University |
| Thesis | Homogeneous ordered sets (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Davenport[1] |
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| Website | Archived version @ web.archive.org |
John Horton Conway FRS (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician. He was active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Conway spent the first half of his career at the University of Cambridge before moving to the United States, where he held the John von Neumann Professorship at Princeton University for the rest of his career.[2] On 11 April 2020, at age 82, he died of complications from COVID-19.[3]
- ^ a b c d e John Horton Conway at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ J J O'Connor and E F Robertson (2004). "John Conway – Biography". MacTutor History of Mathematics. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "COVID-19 Kills Renowned Princeton Mathematician, 'Game Of Life' Inventor John Conway In 3 Days". Mercer Daily Voice. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.