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John Charlton Polkinghorne

Biography MathSciNet

Ph.D. University of Cambridge 1955

Dissertation:

Mathematics Subject Classification: 81—Quantum Theory

Advisor 1: Abdus Salam
Advisor 2: William McKenzie

Students:
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Name	School	Year	Descendants
Ian Drummond	University of Cambridge	1964	7
Peter Goddard	University of Cambridge	1971	40
Peter Landshoff	University of Cambridge	1962	5
Carlos Méndez-Escobar	University of Cambridge	1978
David Scott	University of Cambridge	1974	2
William Stirling	University of Cambridge	1979

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