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John D. P. Meldrum

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John David Philip Meldrum (18 July 1940 in Rabat, Morocco; died 9 August 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British Mathematician. Meldrum was an algebraist and his research was mostly related to group theory.[1]

Biography

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Meldrum was born in Rabat, Morocco.[1]

In 1964 he was appointed as a Supernumerary Fellow and College Lecturer in Mathematics at Emmanuel College.[1] Meldrum received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1967 on the topic of "Central Series in Wreath Products". His supervisor was Derek Roy Taunt.[2]

In 1969 he became a lecturer for mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and in 1982 he was appointed there as a senior lecturer.[1]

He died on 9 August 2018 in Edinburgh after a battle with the Parkinson's disease.[1]

Books

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As an author

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  • John D. P. Meldrum (1985). Near-rings and Their Links with Groups. Longman Higher Education. ISBN 978-0273087014.[3]
  • John D. P. Meldrum (1995). Wreath Products of Groups and Semigroups. Chapman and Hall/CRC. ISBN 9780582026933.[4]

As a translator

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Meldrum translated the following book by Nicolas Bourbaki:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Meyer, J. H.; Maxson, C.J. (19 August 2021). "John David Philip Meldrum, 1940–2018". Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 53 (4): 1249–1262. doi:10.1112/blms.12535. S2CID 238790553.
  2. ^ John D. P. Meldrum at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Reviews of Near-rings and Their Links with Groups:
  4. ^ Reviews of Wreath Products of Groups and Semigroups: