| Authorised form of name | Cassels; John William Scott (1922 - 2015) |
| Other forms of name | Ian |
| Dates | 1922 - 2015 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 11/07/1922 |
| Date of death | 27/07/2015 |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Elliptic curves |
| Number theory |
| Activity | Education:
Neville's Cross Council School; George Heriot's School; University of Edinburgh, MA (1943); University of Cambridge, PhD (1949)
Career:
Cryptographer at Bletchley Park during the second World War; Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Manchester (1949-1950); University of Cambridge, Fellow of Trinity College (1949), Lecturer (1950-1963), Reader (1963-1967), Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics (1967-1986); Head of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (1969-1984); retired (1984)
Medals/Awards:
De Morgan Medal (1986)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1963 |
| Age at election | 40 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1970-1972
Medals and prizes:
Sylvester Medal 1973 |
| PublishedWorks | https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50035233/ |
| Source | Sources:
Wikipedia; PIF |
| Virtual International Authority File | Permalink: http://viaf.org/viaf/51750617 |
| Code | NA4101 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1963/06 | Cassels, John William Scott: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/WRS/9176 | Cassels, John William Scott | nd |
| RR/73/176 | Referee's report by Harold Davenport, on a paper 'Farey Section in k (i) and k (p)' by John William Scott Cassels, W Ledermann and Kurt Mahler | 11 November 1950 |