John Britton (mathematician)

For other people with the same name, see John Britton (disambiguation).

John Leslie Britton (November 18, 1927 – June 13, 1994) was an English mathematician from Yorkshire who worked in combinatorial group theory and was an expert on the word problem for groups. Britton was a member of the London Mathematical Society and was Secretary of Meetings and Membership with that organization from 1973-1976.

Britton died in a climbing accident on the Isle of Skye.

References

• Collins, D. J. (1997), "Obituary : John Leslie Britton", Bull. London Math. Soc., 29 (5): 617–621, doi:10.1112/S002460939700297X

External links

• MacTutor biography
• John Britton at the Mathematics Genealogy Project