Peter James Lorimer

Peter James Lorimer
Born 16 April 1939
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died 7 February 2010
Auckland, New Zealand
Residence New Zealand
Institutions University of Canterbury, University of Auckland
Alma mater McGill University
Thesis A study of T2-groups. (1963.)
Doctoral advisor Hans Schwerdtfeger

Peter James Lorimer (16 April 1939 – 7 February 2010) was a New Zealand mathematician. His research concerned group theory, combinatorics, and Ramsey theory.

Academic career

Born in Christchurch, Lorimer did a BSc / MSc in mathematics at the University of Auckland and won a Commonwealth Scholarship to do a PhD at McGill University in Montreal, which he completed in 1963 under the supervision of Hans Schwerdtfeger.[1] He returned to New Zealand to lecture, first at University of Canterbury and then at University of Auckland.[2][3]

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