Ioan James

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Ioan Mackenzie James (born May 23, 1928) is a British mathematician working in the field of topology particularly in homotopy theory. He is a fellow of the Royal Society.

He received his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in 1953. His thesis, titled Some problems in algebraic topology, was written under the direction of J. H. C. Whitehead.

He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1970 to 1995. He is now a professor emeritus.

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