Peter Cameron (mathematician)
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Peter Jephson Cameron FRSE (born 23 January 1947) is an Australian mathematician who works in group theory, combinatorics, coding theory, and model theory. He is currently half-time Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, and Emeritus Professor at Queen Mary University of London.
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Peter J. Cameron | |
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Born | 23 January 1947 (1947-01-23) (age 77) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
Alma mater | University of Queensland University of Oxford |
Awards | Whitehead Prize, 1979 Euler Medal, 2003 Forder Lecturer, 2008 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | algebra, group theory, combinatorics, coding theory, model theory |
Institutions | University of St Andrews Queen Mary, University of London University of Oxford Bedford College, London |
Doctoral advisor | Peter M. Neumann |
Doctoral students | |
Other notable students | Benedict Gross |
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Cameron received a B.Sc. from the University of Queensland and a D.Phil. in 1971 from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar,[2] with Peter M. Neumann as his supervisor.[3] Subsequently, he was a Junior Research Fellow and later a Tutorial Fellow at Merton College, Oxford, and also lecturer at Bedford College, London.