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British logician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
J. Roger Hindley is a prominent British logician best known for the Hindley–Milner type inference algorithm. Since 1998, he has been an Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University.[1]
J. Roger Hindley | |
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Born | 1939 |
Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
Known for | Hindley–Milner type inference algorithm |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Logic, Type theory |
Institutions | Swansea University |
Doctoral advisor | Ronald Harrop |
Hindley graduated in 1960 from Queen's University Belfast, remaining to earn an M.Sc. in 1961.
He went on to receive a Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where his thesis supervisor was Ronald Harrop. Later, he returned to Queen's University for a D.Sc. in 1991.
He taught at Penn State University (1964–1966), Bristol University (1966–1968), and has been at Swansea University since 1968.
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