John G. Thompson
John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932, in Ottawa, Kansas, USA) is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992 and the 2008 Abel Prize.
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