Gordon Preston
Facts
21 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- April 28, 1925
- Date of death
- April 14, 2015
- Place of birth
- Workington
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Country of citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (?–1927)[7][8]
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Employer
- Tulane University (1956–1958), Monash University (1963–1990), Bletchley Park (1943–1946), Westminster School (1948–1950), Royal Military College of Science (1950–1956), Royal Military College of Science (1958–1963)[10][11][12][13][14][15]
- Field of work
- semigroup theory[9]
- Educated at
- Magdalen College (1943–1943), Trinity School (?–1943), University of Oxford (1946–1948)[16][17][18]
- Doctoral advisor
- E. C. Thomson, J. H. C. Whitehead[19][20]
- Doctoral student
- David Easdown, John C. Meakin, Peter R. Jones, Thomas Eric Hall, Desmond Gerald FitzGerald, Deborah Cheryl Jackson, Phillip Martin Edwards, Ross Wilkinson, Robert P. Sullivan[22][23][24]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- Academic thesis
- Some problems in the theory of ideals
- Birth name
- Gordon Bamford Preston
- Erdős number
- 2
- Family name
- Preston
- Given name
- Gordon
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Place of burial
- Springvale Botanical Cemetery[6]
- ISNI
- 0000000021072071
- VIAF cluster ID
- 35755325, 1125154380943330290400
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n80082379
- Described at URL
- www.monash.edu
- Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID
- P006002b
- FAST ID
- 57007
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 231349732
- Freebase ID
- /m/05zwrw6
- IdRef ID
- 16661842X
- J9U entity ID
- 987007342596805171
- MR Author ID
- 230468
- MacTutor biography ID
- Preston
Show all 21 identifiers +9
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 42530
- NL CR AUT ID
- av2012738875
- NUKAT ID
- n98003472
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 107348276
- Prabook ID
- 2317028
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 45786
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJk8VJyMtkVjYgx7kBVDMP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/12ce8bb3-b784-4399-8740-47e950fedef2
- ZbMATH author ID
- preston.gordon-b
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Summary
Gordon Preston's place of birth was Workington[1]. He was born on April 28, 1925[2]. He died in Oxford[3]. He died on April 14, 2015[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5].
Body
Education
Educated at Magdalen College[16], a college of the University of Oxford[25], in United Kingdom[26], founded in 1458[27]; Trinity School[17], an academy school[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1968[30]; and University of Oxford[18], a collegiate university[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1096[33], headquartered in Oxford[34]. Doctoral advisors include E. C. Thomson[19] and J. H. C. Whitehead[20], a mathematician[35], 1904–1960[36], of United Kingdom[37], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[38], specialised in topology[39].
Career and Affiliations
Employers include Tulane University[10], a university[40], in United States[41], founded in 1834[42], headquartered in New Orleans[43]; Monash University[11], a public university[44], in Australia[45], founded in 1958[46]; Bletchley Park[12], a historic house museum[47], in United Kingdom[48], founded in 1877[49]; Westminster School[13], a boarding school[50], in United Kingdom[51], founded in 1179[52]; and Royal Military College of Science[14], an educational institution[53], in United Kingdom[54]. Doctoral students include David Easdown[22], a mathematician[55], b. 1957[56]; John C. Meakin[23], a mathematician[57], awarded the Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[58]; Peter R. Jones[24], a researcher[59]; Thomas Eric Hall[60]; Desmond Gerald FitzGerald[61]; and Deborah Cheryl Jackson[62], a mathematician[63], b. 1955[64], of Australia[65].
FAQs
Where was Gordon Preston born?
Gordon Preston's place of birth was Workington[1].
Where did Gordon Preston die?
Gordon Preston passed away in Oxford[3].
What did Gordon Preston do for work?
Gordon Preston worked as mathematician[5].
Where did Gordon Preston go to school?
Gordon Preston was educated at Magdalen College[16], Trinity School[17], and University of Oxford[18].