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John Horton Conway

1937 - 2020

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John Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician. He was active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. Born and raised in Liverpool, Conway spent the first half of his career at the University of Cambridge before moving to the United States, where he held the John von Neumann Professorship at Princeton University for the rest of his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Horton Conway is the 306th most popular mathematician (down from 264th in 2019), the 1,503rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,285th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Mathematician.

Conway is most famous for his Game of Life, a cellular automaton that he invented in 1970.

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Among mathematicians, John Horton Conway ranks 306 out of 1,004. Before him are Lorenzo Mascheroni, Yakov Sinai, Robert Axelrod, Michael Stifel, Hillel Furstenberg, and Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat. After him are Stephen Smale, Marino Ghetaldi, John Wilkins, Enrico Bombieri, Isaac Beeckman, and Sergei Novikov.

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Among people born in 1937, John Horton Conway ranks 111. Before him are Monika Ertl, Steven Berkoff, Nikolai Kapustin, Edward Fox, Jeannot Szwarc, and Neeme Järvi. After him are Ange-Félix Patassé, Shirley Bassey, Carmen Pereira, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Vittorio Brambilla, and Zoltán Horváth. Among people deceased in 2020, John Horton Conway ranks 128. Before him are Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Honor Blackman, Nikolai Kapustin, Jerry Rawlings, Samantha Fox, and Chadwick Boseman. After him are Pascal Lissouba, Robert Trump, Peter Green, Marian Jaworski, Michel Hidalgo, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Horton Conway ranks 1,503 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick Macnee (1922), John Hawkwood (1320), Dave Finlay (1958), Norman Lockyer (1836), William Russell (1924), and Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967). After him are John Blow (1649), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Helen McCrory (1968), Maurice Wilkes (1913), and John Wilkins (1614).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, John Horton Conway ranks 34. Before him are Michael Atiyah (1929), Johannes de Sacrobosco (1195), Lady Byron (1792), Robert Recorde (1512), Alan Baker (1939), and George Atwood (1745). After him are John Wilkins (1614), Edward Waring (1736), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), George Peacock (1791), John Graunt (1620), and Thomas Heath (1861).

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