John Horton Conway(1937-2020)

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John Horton Conway was born on 26 December 1937 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Life (1975), Horizon (1964) and The Man Who Saved Geometry (2009). He was married to Diana Cutsogeorge, Eileen Howe and Larissa Queen. He died on 11 April 2020 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

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Life

Video Game

Writer

1975

Horizon

8.5

TV Series

Self(as Prof John Conway)

The Man Who Saved Geometry

7.5

TV Movie

Self

2009

Credits

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Writer

Life
Video Game
- creator: Game of Life
- 1975

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Official sites
- France's national library catalogue
- University_homage
Alternative name
- Prof John Conway
Born
- December 26, 1937
- Liverpool, England, UK
Died
- April 11, 2020
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA(complications from COVID-19)
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He earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge, where he later became a professor of mathematics. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1981. In 1987, he became the John von Neumann professor of applied and computational mathematics at Princeton University.

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