1. Geoffrey Grimmett is the Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and was the Master of Downing College, Cambridge, from 2013 to 2018.
12 Facts About Geoffrey Grimmett
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Geoffrey Grimmett graduated in 1971, and completed his DPhil in 1974 under the supervision of John Hammersley and Dominic Welsh.
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Geoffrey Grimmett served as the IBM Research Fellow at New College, Oxford, from 1974 to 1976 before moving to the University of Bristol.
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Geoffrey Grimmett was appointed Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cambridge in 1992, becoming a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Geoffrey Grimmett was Director of the Statistical Laboratory from 1994 to 2000, Head of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics from 2002 to 2007, and is a trustee of the Rollo Davidson Prize.
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Geoffrey Grimmett is particularly recognised for his achievements in the rigorous theory of disordered physical systems.
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Geoffrey Grimmett's monograph on percolation is a standard work in a core area of probability, and is widely cited.
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Geoffrey Grimmett ended his term as Master on 30 September 2018, being replaced by Alan Bookbinder.
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Geoffrey Grimmett was appointed Chair of the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research in September 2020.
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Geoffrey Grimmett was succeeded by Catherine Hobbs on September 1 2023.
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Geoffrey Grimmett was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize in 1989 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014.
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Geoffrey Grimmett competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a member of the Great Britain Men's Foil Team, finishing 6th.