Memorial Page for John Horton Conway
Dec 26, 1937 – Apr 11, 2020(82 years)Died in:Princeton, Mercer County
English mathematician
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John Horton Conway (* December 26, 1937 in Liverpool; † April 11, 2020 in Princeton) was an english mathematician. He was 82 years old. His education included University of Cambridge and Gonville and Caius College. He received 5 awards, including Fellow of the Royal Society, Pólya Prize. His cause of death was COVID-19.
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9 EventsBorn in Liverpool, England
1937University of Cambridge
1962until 1987
Berwick Prize
1971Fellow of the Royal Society
1981Pólya Prize
1987Princeton University
1987until 2013
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
1998Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
2000Died in Princeton, Mercer County (COVID-19)
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- Cyril Horton Conway
- Agnes Boyce
John Horton Conway. Forever remembered.