Mathematician:Paul Moritz Cohn

Mathematician
German-born mathematician renowned as an expert in abstract algebra, in particular non-commutative rings.

Nationality
German-born British

History

 * Born: 8 Jan 1924, Hamburg, Germany
 * 1939: Emigrated to Britain
 * 1948: B.A. from Cambridge University
 * 1951: Ph.D. from Cambridge University, supervised by
 * 1951: Chargé de Recherches at the University of Nancy
 * 1952: Lecturer in mathematics at Manchester University
 * 1961-62: Visiting professor at Yale University
 * 1962: At the University of California at Berkeley
 * 1962: Reader at Queen Mary College
 * 1964: Visiting professor at the University of Chicago
 * 1967: Visiting professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
 * 1967: Became head of the Department of Mathematics at Bedford College, London
 * 1972: Awarded the Lester R Ford Award from the Mathematical Association of America
 * 1974: Awarded the Senior Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society
 * 1984: Moved to University College London (UCL)
 * 1986: Became Astor Professor of Mathematics at UCL
 * 1986: Visiting professor to the University of Alberta
 * 1987: Visiting professor to Bar Ilan University
 * 1989: Retired, but remained active
 * Died: 20 April 2006 in London, England

Publications

 * 1957: Lie Groups




 * 1958:


 * 1961: Solid Geometry






 * 1965: Universal Algebra (2nd edition: 1981)


 * 1971: Free Rings and Their Relations (2nd edition: 1985)


 * 1974:


 * 1977:


 * 1977: Skew Field Constructions


 * 1982:


 * 1989:


 * 1990: Algebra Volume 3


 * 1991: Algebraic Numbers and Algebraic Functions


 * 1994: Elements of Linear Algebra




 * 1995: Skew Fields


 * 2000: Introduction to Ring Theory


 * 2000: Classic Algebra


 * 2002: Basic Algebra


 * 2003: Further Algebra and Applications


 * 2006: Free Ideal Rings and Localization in General Rings