| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Yale_University 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Abel_Prize gptkb:mathematics
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1932-10-13 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Ottawa,_Kansas,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:Marshall_Hall_Jr. 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralStudent | gptkb:Simon_P._Norton gptkb:Robert_Griess
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Chicago
 gptkb:University_of_Florida
 
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                                | gptkbp:field | group theory 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:John_Griggs_Thompson 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Feit–Thompson_theorem gptkb:Thompson_group
 finite simple groups
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:mathematician 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Anita_Thompson 
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                                | gptkbp:thesisTitle | A proof that a finite group with a fixed-point-free automorphism of prime order is nilpotent 
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                                | gptkbp:thesisYear | 1959 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Walter_Feit gptkb:Conway–Thompson_group
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | J. G. Thompson 
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