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John Horton Conway

John Horton Conway
John Horton Conway, English mathematician, known for Conway's Game of Life (d. 2020)

John Horton Conway was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life.

26 December 1937

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