John David Philip Meldrum (18 July 1940 in

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, Morocco; died 9 August 2018 in

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, Scotland) was a British mathematician. Meldrum was an algebraist and his research was mostly related to

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Biography

Meldrum was born in Rabat, Morocco. In 1964 he was appointed as a supernumerary fellow and college lecturer in mathematics at Emmanuel College. Meldrum received his PhD from the

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in 1967 on the topic of "''Central Series in Wreath Products''". His supervisor was Derek Roy Taunt. In 1969 he became a lecturer for mathematics at the

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and in 1982 he was appointed there as a senior lecturer. He died on 9 August 2018 in Edinburgh after a battle with the

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Books

As an author

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As a translator

Meldrum translated the following book by

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meldrum, John D. P. 1940 births 2018 deaths Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of Edinburgh British mathematicians People from Rabat Group theorists