John Horton Conway

Mathematician, Academic

1937 –

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Who is John Horton Conway?

John Horton Conway FRS is a British mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He has also contributed to many branches of recreational mathematics, notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. Conway is currently Professor of Mathematics and John Von Neumann Professor in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. He is also currently a visiting professor at CUNY's Queens College.

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Born
Dec 26, 1937
Liverpool
Also known as
  • John Conway
Religion
  • Atheism
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Cambridge
  • Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Employment
  • Princeton University
Lived in
  • United States of America
  • Liverpool

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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