John Frank Adams FRS was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to homotopy theory. Wikipedia
Born: November 5, 1930, Woolwich, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 7, 1989 (age 58 years), Brampton, United Kingdom
Academic advisor: Shaun Wylie
Awards: Berwick Prize (1963), Senior Whitehead Prize (1974), and Sylvester Medal (1982)
Fields: Mathematics