ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Geoffrey Grimmett

English mathematician best known for his work in probability theory.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 20th December 1950, Cambridge, England
• 1971: Bachelor's Degree at Merton College, Oxford, UK
• 1974: Ph.D.
• 1974-1976: IBM Research Fellow at New College, Oxford
• 1992: Appointed Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University
• 1994–2000: Director of the Statistical Laboratory
• 2002-2007: Head of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics

Books and Papers

• 1986: Probability: An Introduction (with Dominic Welsh)
• 1999: Percolation
• 2001: Probability and Random Processes (with D. R. Stirzaker)
• 2006: The Random-Cluster Model