Person Hammersley; John Michael (1920 - 2004) Hammersley John Michael 1920 - 2004 British Male Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire 21/03/1920 19200321 Oxford 02/05/2004 20040502

Mathematician Statistics Education: Stratton Park preparatory school; Sedbergh School (1934); Emmanuel College, Cambridge (First Wrangler 1948) Career: Royal Artillery (1940-1945); graduate assistant,Oxford University group working in the Design and Analysis of Scientific Experiments, headed by David Finney; Principal Scientific Officer, AERE, Harwell (1955-1959); Senior Research Officer, Institute of Economics and Statistics, Oxford University (1959-1969), Reader in Mathematical Sciences (1969-1987); Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford (1961-1969(, Professorial Fellow (1969-1987), Emeritus; part time consultant, Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (1987-2000); awarded Von Neumann Medal (1966), Gold Medal of Institute of Mathematics (1984); Polya Prize of the London Mathematical Society (1997); Rouse Ball Lecturer, Cambridge (1980). Son of Guy Hammersley and Marguerite Whitehead; married (1951) Gwen Bakewell Fellow 18/03/1976 55 Obituaries: Biographical memoir 2007, Volume 53, pp 163-184 by Geofrey Grimmett and Dominic Walsh Obituary in The Independent (14 May 2004); The Times (20 May 2004) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 21 Mar 1920 - 2 May 2004 NA4212 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/107124894 3298bc5e-311a-4eec-a1ec-1ce0598439d5