Nicholas Shepherd-Barron
Nick Shepherd-Barron | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron March 17, 1955 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge, King's College London |
| Thesis | Some Questions on Singularities in Two and Three Dimensions (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Miles Reid[1] |
| Website | www |
Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron, FRS (born 17 March 1955), is a British mathematician working in algebraic geometry. He is, since 2013, professor of mathematics at King's College London,[2] having moved there from his previous position at the University of Cambridge. Having been a Fellow for more than 20 years, Shepherd-Barron retains a life Fellowship of Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][3]
Education[]
He was a scholar of Winchester College. He obtained his B.A. at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1976, and studied for a Ph.D. at the University of Warwick under the supervision of Miles Reid, graduating in 1981.[1][4]
Career and research[]
He worked initially in the area of birational geometry and Mori theory. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006. He works on the classification of higher-dimensional varieties.
Personal life[]
He is the son of John Shepherd-Barron, a Scottish inventor.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Nicholas Shepherd-Barron at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Nicholas Shepherd-Barron - Research Portal, King's College, London".
- ^ "Nicholas Shepherd-Barron home page". Archived from the original on 1998-06-25.
- ^ "SHEPHERD-BARRON, Nicholas Ian". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
Authority control: Scientific databases  |
|---|
 | This article about a United Kingdom mathematician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1955 births
- Living people
- 20th-century British mathematicians
- 21st-century British mathematicians
- Algebraic geometers
- People educated at Winchester College
- Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Academics of King's College London
- British mathematician stubs