Rimhak Ree

Rimhak Ree
이임학 (李林學)
Born	(1922-12-18)18 December 1922 Hamhung, Kankyōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died	9 January 2005(2005-01-09) (aged 82) Vancouver, Canada
Nationality	Korean, de facto stateless
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	Keijō Imperial University University of British Columbia
Known for	Ree group
Spouse	Rhoda Ree
Awards	Korea Science & Technology Hall of Fame (2007)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics Group Theory
Institutions	University of British Columbia
Thesis	Witt Algebras  (1955)
Doctoral advisor	Stephen Arthur Jennings
Korean name
Hangul	이임학
Hanja	李林學
Revised Romanization	I Imhak
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Imhak

Rimhak Ree (Korean: 이임학; December 18, 1922 – January 9, 2005), alternatively Im-hak Ree, was a Korean Canadian mathematician. He contributed in the field of group theory, most notably with the concept of the Ree group in (Ree 1960, 1961).