Nationality British Name Geoffrey Grimmett | Role Mathematician | |
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Institutions University of CambridgeUniversity of OxfordUniversity of Bristol Alma mater King Edward's SchoolMerton College, Oxford Thesis Random Fields and Random Graphs (1974) Doctoral students Jakob BjornbergBenjamin GrahamPhilipp HiemerAlexander HolroydIoan ManolescuDavid SheridanStephen Suen Fields Mathematics, Statistical mechanics Books Probability and random p, The Random‑Cluster Model, Probability: An Introduction, Probability on Graphs: Random, Percolation | ||
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Geoffrey Richard Grimmett FRS (born 20 December 1950) is a mathematician known for his work on the mathematics of random systems arising in probability theory and statistical mechanics, especially percolation theory and the contact process. He is the Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and the Master of Downing College, Cambridge.
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Career
Grimmett was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Merton College, Oxford. He graduated in 1971, and completed his DPhil in 1974 under the supervision of John Hammersley and Dominic Welsh. He was the IBM Research Fellow at New College, Oxford from 1974–1976 before moving to the University of Bristol. He was appointed Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge in 1992, becoming a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He was Director of the Statistical Laboratory from 1994–2000, Head of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics from 2002–2007, and is a trustee of the Rollo Davidson Prize.
Grimmett was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize in 1989. He was the managing editor of the journal from 2000–2005, and was appointed managing editor of in 2009.
He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a member of the Great Britain Men's Foil Team, finishing 6th.
In October 2013 he was installed as Master of Downing College, Cambridge in succession to Professor Barry Everitt.
Awards and honours
In May 2014 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His nomination reads:
Personal
Geoffrey Grimmett is the son of Benjamin J Grimmett and Patrica W (Lewis) Grimmett.