Graham Higman

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Graham Higman (b. 19 January 1917) is a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory.

He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford in 1941. His thesis, The units of group-rings, was written under the direction of J. H. C. Whitehead. From 1960 to 1984 he was the Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Magdalene College, Oxford.

Graham Higman, The units of group-rings, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (2) 46 (1940), 231–248.

O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Graham Higman". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
Graham Higman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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