John Griggs Thompson
Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1959
Dissertation:
A Proof that a Finite Group with a Fixed-Point-Free Automorphism of Prime Order is Nilpotent
Advisor: Saunders Mac Lane
Students:
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| Name | School | Year | Descendants |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Benson | University of Cambridge | 1981 | 12 |
| Aron Bereczky | University of Florida | 1998 | |
| Aviad Broshi | The University of Chicago | 1969 | |
| Sister Miriam Cooney | The University of Chicago | 1969 | |
| Larry Dornhoff | The University of Chicago | 1966 | 1 |
| David Erbach | University of Cambridge | 1976 | |
| Pamela Ferguson | The University of Chicago | 1969 | 1 |
| Richard Foote | University of Cambridge | 1976 | 3 |
| David Goldschmidt | The University of Chicago | 1969 | 13 |
| Robert Griess, Jr. | The University of Chicago | 1971 | 6 |
| Chat-Yin Ho | The University of Chicago | 1972 | 5 |
| David Jackson | University of Cambridge | 1982 | |
| Gordon James | University of Cambridge | 1972 | 9 |
| Richard Lyons | The University of Chicago | 1970 | 10 |
| Anne MacWilliams | The University of Chicago | 1969 | |
| David McNeilly | University of Cambridge | 1996 | |
| Nicholas Patterson | University of Cambridge | 1973 | |
| Urmie Ray | University of Cambridge | 1990 | |
| Milbern Rust | The University of Chicago | 1966 | |
| Robert Sandling | The University of Chicago | 1969 | 6 |
| Tanush Shaska | University of Florida | 2001 | 2 |
| David Shaw | University of Cambridge | ||
| Charles Sims | Harvard University | 1963 | 9 |
| Edward Spitznagel | The University of Chicago | 1965 | 1 |
| Albert Whitcomb | The University of Chicago | 1968 |
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