Peter James Lorimer

Short description: New Zealand mathematician

Peter James Lorimer

Born| 16 April 1939

Christchurch, New Zealand

Died| 7 February 2010 (2010-02-08) (aged 70)

Auckland, New Zealand

Alma mater| McGill University
Scientific career
Institutions| University of Canterbury, University of Auckland
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]

## References

1. ↑ Peter James Lorimer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
2. ↑ "In memoriam: Peter James Lorimer (16.04.1939 – 7.02.2010) – MathsDept". Math.auckland.ac.nz. https://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/wiki/In_memoriam:_Peter_James_Lorimer_(16.04.1939_-_7.02.2010). Retrieved 2014-07-30.
3. ↑ "Peter James Lorimer « Obituaries « Fellowship « The Academy « Our Organisation « Royal Society of New Zealand". Royalsociety.org.nz. http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/organisation/academy/fellowship/obituaries/peter-james-lorimer/. Retrieved 2014-07-30.

## External links

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