John David Philip Meldrum
Ph.D. University of Cambridge 1967
About John David Philip Meldrum
Lived 1940 – 2018 (aged 78). John David Philip Meldrum was a British mathematician and university teacher.
John David Philip Meldrum (18 July 1940 in Rabat, Morocco; died 9 August 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British mathematician. Meldrum was an algebraist and his research was mostly related to group theory.
Biography Meldrum was born in Rabat, Morocco.
In 1964 he was appointed as a supernumerary fellow and college lecturer in mathematics at Emmanuel College. Meldrum received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1967 on the topic of "Central Series in Wreath Products". His supervisor was Derek Roy Taunt.
In 1969 he became a lecturer for mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and in 1982 he was appointed there as a senior lecturer.
He died on 9 August 2018 in Edinburgh after a battle with the Parkinson's disease.
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Ph.D. University of Cambridge 1967
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John David Philip Meldrum was born on 18 July 1940 in Rabat.
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John David Philip Meldrum died on 9 August 2018 in Edinburgh.
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John David Philip Meldrum was a mathematician and university teacher.
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John David Philip Meldrum was British.
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