Graham Higman FRS (19 January 1917 – 8 April 2008) was a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory. He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford in 1941. His thesis, The units of group-rings, was written under the direction of J. H. C. Whitehead.

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  • Graham Higman FRS (19 January 1917 – 8 April 2008) was a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory. He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford in 1941. His thesis, The units of group-rings, was written under the direction of J. H. C. Whitehead. From 1960 to 1984 he was the Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics at Magdalen College, Oxford. Higman was awarded the De Morgan Medal of the London Mathematical Society in 1974. He was the founder of the Journal of Algebra and its editor from 1964 to 1984. He was also a local preacher in the Oxford Circuit of the Methodist Church. (en)
  • Graham Higman (s. 19. tammikuuta 1917) on brittiläinen matemaatikko, joka on tullut tunnetuksi varsinkin saavutuksistaan ryhmäteorian alueella. Higman valmistui Oxfordin yliopistosta, jonka Magdalen Collegen matematiikan Waynflete-professorina hän itse toimi vuosina 1960–1984. Higmanille myönnettyistä palkinnoista tunnetuimpia ovat De Morgan -mitali ja Sylvester-mitali . (fi)
  • Graham Higman (* 19. Januar 1917 in Louth in Lincolnshire; † 8. April 2008 in Oxford) war ein englischer Mathematiker, der sich mit Algebra, speziell der Gruppentheorie, beschäftigte. (de)
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  • Graham Higman FRS (19 January 1917 – 8 April 2008) was a leading British mathematician. He is known for his contributions to group theory. He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford in 1941. His thesis, The units of group-rings, was written under the direction of J. H. C. Whitehead. (en)
  • Graham Higman (s. 19. (fi)
  • Graham Higman (* 19. Januar 1917 in Louth in Lincolnshire; † 8. April 2008 in Oxford) war ein englischer Mathematiker, der sich mit Algebra, speziell der Gruppentheorie, beschäftigte. (de)
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