John Mackintosh Howie
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John Mackintosh Howie CBE FRSE (23 May 1936 – 26 December 2011) was a Scottish mathematician and prominent semigroup theorist.[1]
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John Mackintosh Howie | |
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Born | 23 May 1936 |
Died | 26 December 2011(2011-12-26) (aged 75) |
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Awards | Keith Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of St Andrews |
Thesis | Some Problems on the Theory of Semigroups (1962) |
Doctoral advisor | Graham Higman |
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