Graham Higman

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Graham Higman (b. 19 January 1917) is a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory.

He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford in 1941. His thesis, The units of group-rings, was written under the direction of J. H. C. Whitehead. From 1960 to 1984 he was the Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Magdalene College, Oxford.

[edit] See also

• Higman–Sims group
• Higman's embedding theorem
• Higman's lemma

[edit] References

• Graham Higman, The units of group-rings, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (2) 46 (1940), 231–248.

[edit] External link

• O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Graham Higman". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
• Graham Higman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project