John Frank Charles Kingman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Frank_Charles_Kingman
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Sylvester_Medal
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1939-08-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Beckenham,_Kent,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:John_Kingman_(civil_servant)
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Peter_Whittle
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:probability_theory
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Frank_Charles_Kingman
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Frank Charles Kingman
gptkbp:knighted 1985
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Poisson_process
gptkb:Kingman's_coalescent
regenerative phenomena
subadditive ergodic theorem
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Director_of_the_Isaac_Newton_Institute
gptkb:President_of_the_Royal_Statistical_Society
gptkb:Vice-Chancellor_of_the_University_of_Bristol
gptkbp:spouse Valerie Kingman
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:J._F._C._Kingman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7