John G. Thompson

Educational Background

Dates	Institution	Title
1959-1960	Institute of Defense Analysis
1961-1962	Harvard University	Assistant Professor
1962-1968	University of Chicago	Professor
1970-1993	Cambridge University	Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics
1993-present	University of Florida	Graduate Research Professor

1966, Cole Prize of the American Mathematical Society
1968, Honorary Doctorate, University of Illinois
1970, Fields Medal, presented at the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Nice, France
1971, elected member of the National Academy of Sciences
1975, Honorary Doctorate, Yale University
1979, elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1982, Senior Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society
1987, Sylvester Medal of The Royal Society
1987, Honorary Doctorate, Oxford University
1992, Wolf Prize of the Government of Israel
1992, Poincare Medal of the Academie des Sciences, Paris
2000, National Medal of Science

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