| LC control no. | n 2011062847 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Norton, Simon, 1952-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Norton, Simon, 1952- |
| Associated country | Cambridge (England) |
| Birth date | 1952-02-28 |
| Death date | 2019-02-14 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Mathematics Finite simple groups |
| Affiliation | Trinity College (University of Cambridge) University of London Eton College |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians |
| Found in | The genius in my basement, 2012: ECIP t.p. (Simon Norton) Wikipedia, Sept. 12, 2011 (Simon Phillips Norton; b. 1952; mathematician in Cambridge, England) The mathematics of various entertaining subjects. Volume 2, 2017: page 384 (Simon Norton is a mathematician in Cambridge, England, who works on finite simple groups) Wikipedia web site, March 8, 2022: (Simon Phillips Norton (28 February 1952 - 14 February 2019) was a mathematician in Cambridge, England, who worked on finite simple groups. From 1964 he was a King's Scholar at Eton College, where he earned a reputation as an eccentric mathematical genius. He obtained an external first-class degree in Pure Mathematics at the University of London while still at the school, commuting to Royal Holloway College. He then went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, and comfortably achieved a first in the final examinations. He stayed at Cambridge, working on finite groups. He collapsed and died in north London) The Guardian web site, March 8, 2022: (Simon Phillips Norton, mathematician, born 25 February 1952; died 13 February 2019 ; born in London) <https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/feb/22/simon-norton-obituary> |
| Associated language | eng |
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