Paul Cohn

Not to be confused with Paul Cohen.

Paul Cohn
Paul Cohn in 1989
Born
Paul Moritz Cohn

(1924-01-08)8 January 1924[1]
Hamburg, Germany
Died20 April 2006(2006-04-20) (aged 82)
London, England[3]
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forAlgebra, concentrating in non-commutative rings
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorPhilip Hall[2]

Paul Moritz Cohn FRS[1] (8 January 1924 – 20 April 2006) was Astor Professor of Mathematics at University College London, 1986–1989, and author of many textbooks on algebra.[4] His work was mostly in the area of algebra, especially non-commutative rings.[3][5]

  1. ^ a b c Bergman, George; Stuart, Trevor (2014). "Paul Moritz Cohn 8 January 1924 — 20 April 2006". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 60: 127–150. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0016.
  2. ^ Paul Cohn at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ a b O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Paul Moritz Cohn", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference debretts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Independent