Peter M. Neumann
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Peter Michael Neumann OBE (born December 28, 1940) is a British mathematician. He is the son of the mathematicians Bernhard Neumann and Hanna Neumann and, after gaining a B.A. from the Queen's College, Oxford in 1963, obtained his D.Phil from Oxford University in 1966. He is married to Sylvia, and has a son named David.
He is a Tutorial Fellow at the Queen's College, Oxford and a lecturer at Oxford University.[1]
His work has been in the field of group theory.
His interests include the dances of Cecil Sharp.
In 2003 the London Mathematical Society awarded him the Senior Whitehead Prize.[2]
He was the first Chairman of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust, from October 1996 to April 2004, succeeded by Bernard Silverman.[3]
He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
[edit] References
- ^ Enumeration of Finite Groups (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics) - About the Author. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
- ^ London Mathematical Society. List of Prizewinners. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
- ^ United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (2004). The UK Mathematics Trust Yearbook 2003–2004. ISBN 0953682358.
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