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John M. Ball

British mathematician · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1948 · age 78

Sir John Macleod Ball is a British mathematician and former Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He was the president of the International Mathematical Union from 2003 to 2006 and a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.

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2022De Morgan MedalAward2018King Faisal International Prize in ScienceAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2010Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAward2003Honorary Doctorate from University of Montpellier-IIAward1999Theodore von Kármán PrizeAward1987Keith MedalAward1982Whitehead PrizeAward1981Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial PrizeAward1948Born19 May 1948

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De Morgan Medal2022
King Faisal International Prize in Science2018
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013
Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University2010
Honorary Doctorate from University of Montpellier-II2003
Theodore von Kármán Prize1999
Keith Medal1987
Whitehead Prize1982
Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize1981
Fellow of the Royal Society
Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Honorary Doctor of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Knight Bachelor

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United Kingdom
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Academics
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Born 1948 · age 78

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