John G. Thompson Scientist

John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992 and the 2008 Abel Prize, making him one of four mathematicians to achieve this (along with Pierre Deligne, John Milnor, and Jean-Pierre Serre).

Personal facts

Birth date	October 13, 1932
Birth place	Ottawa Kansas , United States
Nationality	United States
Education	University of Chicago Yale University

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Scientist

awards	Fields Medal Royal Society Abel Prize Berwick Prize Wolf Prize Cole Prize Sylvester Medal Henri Poincaré Prize
doctoral advisor	Saunders Mac Lane
doctoral student	Robert Griess Richard Lyons Charles Sims (mathematician) David Golschmidt
Field of study	Group theory