Peter Cameron (mathematician)
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.
Peter J. Cameron | |
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| Born | 23 January 1947 (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 |
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, with Peter M. Neumann as his supervisor. Subsequently, he was a Junior Research Fellow and later a Tutorial Fellow at Merton College, Oxford, and also lecturer at Bedford College, London.
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