Life
He was born in Woolwich, a suburb in south-east London. He began research as a student of Abram Besicovitch, but soon switched to algebraic topology. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1956. His thesis, written under the direction of Shaun Wylie, was titled On spectral sequences and self-obstruction invariants. He held the Fielden Chair at the University of Manchester (1964–1970), and became Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge (1970–1989). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964.
His interests included mountaineering—he would demonstrate how to climb right round a table at parties—and the game of Go.
He died in a car accident in Brampton, Cambridgeshire. There is a memorial plaque for him in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.
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