John Hammersley

John Hammersley
FRS
Born(1920-03-21)21 March 1920
Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Died2 May 2004(2004-05-02) (aged 84)
Alma materSedbergh School
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Awards
  • FRS (1976)
  • Pólya Prize (1997)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
Academic advisors
Unknown
Doctoral students
Jillian Beardwood
Geoffrey Grimmett
Dominic Welsh

John Michael Hammersley, FRS (21 March 1920 – 2 May 2004) was a British mathematician best known for his foundational work in the theory of self-avoiding walks and percolation theory.

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