Which famous people have you outlived?

James Wiegold

Welsh mathematician

Died when: 75 years 111 days (903 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

James Wiegold

James "Jim" Wiegold (15 April 1934 – 4 August 2009) was a Welsh mathematician.Born in Trecenydd, Caerphilly, he earned a Ph.D. at the University of Manchester, England in 1958, studying under Bernhard Neumann, and is most notable for his contributions to group theory.

Wiegold died from leukaemia on 4 August 2009, in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.

This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License