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A CV for John Griggs Thompson.
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- Born: :
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October 13, 1932 in Ottawa, USA
- Degrees/education: :
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Bachelor, Yale University, 1955
PhD, University of Chicago, 1959
- Positions: :
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University, 1959–1962
Professor, University of Chicago, 1962–1970
Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 1970–1993
Graduate Research Professor, University of Florida, 1993–
- Memberships: :
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National Academy of Sciences, USA, 1967
Royal Society of London, 1979
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei,
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2008
- Awards and prizes: :
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Cole Prize, 1965
Fields Medal, 1970
Senior Berwick Prize, 1982
Sylvester Medal, 1985
Poincaré Medal, 1992
Wolf Prize, 1992
National Medal of Science, US, 2000
Abel Prize, 2008
- Honorary degrees: :
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University of Illinois, 1968
Yale University, 1985
University of Oxford, 1987
Ohio State University, 2009
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Holden, H., Piene, R. (2014). Curriculum Vitae for John Griggs Thompson. In: Holden, H., Piene, R. (eds) The Abel Prize 2008-2012. The Abel Prize. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39449-2_8
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