John Horton Conway: English mathematician (1937–2020)
John Horton Conway FRS (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician.
He is known for his theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory.
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| Born | John Horton Conway 26 December 1937 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 11 April 2020 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | Homogeneous ordered sets (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Davenport |
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| Website | math |
He also worked in many branches of recreational mathematics, mainly for the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life.
Conway was a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University in New Jersey.
Conway died of COVID-19 on 11 April 2020 in New Brunswick, New Jersey at the age of 82. He was diagnosed with the infection three days before his death.
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