John Truss | |
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| Born | April 1947 (age 77) |
| Education | King's College, Cambridge (BA) University of Leeds (PhD) |
| Children | 4; including Liz |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pure mathematics |
| Institutions | Paisley College of Technology University of Leeds |
John Kenneth Truss (born April 1947) is a mathematician and emeritus professor of pure mathematics at the University of Leeds where he specialises in mathematical logic, infinite permutation groups, homogeneous structures and model theory.[1] Truss began his career as a junior research fellow at the University of Oxford before holding a series of academic positions and lastly joining the University of Leeds. He has written books on discrete mathematics (1991) and mathematical analysis (1997) and was co-editor in chief of the Journal of the London Mathematical Society until June 2003. He is the father of the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss.