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John Hammersley was born on 21 March, 1920 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, is a British mathematician. Discover John Hammersley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Age 84 years old
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Born 21 March, 1920
Birthday 21 March
Birthplace Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Date of death 2 May, 2004
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Nationality Scotland

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1920

John Michael Hammersley, (21 March 1920 – 2 May 2004) was a British mathematician best known for his foundational work in the theory of self-avoiding walks and percolation theory.

Hammersley was born in Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire, and educated at Sedbergh School.

1941

He started reading mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge but was called up to join the Royal Artillery in 1941.

During his time in the army he worked on ballistics.

1948

He graduated in mathematics in 1948.

1959

He never studied for a PhD but was awarded an ScD by Cambridge University and a DSc by Oxford University in 1959.

With Jillian Beardwood and J.H. Halton, Hammersley is known for the Beardwood-Halton-Hammersley Theorem.

Published by the Cambridge Philosophical Society in a 1959 article entitled “The Shortest Path Through Many Points,” the theorem provides a practical solution to the “traveling salesman problem.”

He held a number of positions, both in and outside academia.

1961

He was a fellow (later professorial fellow) of Trinity College, Oxford, from 1961, reader in mathematical statistics at Oxford University from 1969, and elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1976.

1964

His book Monte Carlo Methods with David Handscomb was published in 1964.

1968

He is known for devising an early solution to the moving sofa problem in 1968.

He was an advocate of problem solving, and an opponent of abstraction in mathematics, taking part in the New Math debate.

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