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John Horton Conway, FRS

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Birthplace: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Death: April 11, 2020 (82)
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States (COVID-19)
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Son of Cyril Horton Conway and Agnes Grace Conway
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Ex-husband of Private and Private
Father of Private; Private; Private; Private; Private and 2 others
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Occupation: Professor
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About John H. Conway

John Horton Conway FRS (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. Conway spent the first half of his long career at the University of Cambridge in England, and the second half at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he held the title John von Neumann Professor Emeritus. On 11 April 2020, at age 82, he died of COVID-19 at his home in New Jersey.

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John H. Conway's Timeline

1937
December 26, 1937
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
2020
April 11, 2020
Age 82
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States