John G. Thompson
American mathematician
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John Griggs Thompson is an American 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 Abel Prize in 2008. Wikipedia
Born: 1932 (age 91 years), Ottawa, KS
Notable students: Richard Lyons, Robert Griess, Charles Sims, and more
Awards: Abel Prize, De Morgan Medal, Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and more
Doctoral advisor: Saunders Mac Lane
Fields: Group theory
Thesis: A Proof that a Finite Group with a Fixed-Point-Free Automorphism of Prime Order is Nilpotent (1959)
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