John Britton (mathematician)
- John Britton (mathematician)
John Leslie Britton (November 18, 1927 – June 13, 1994) was an English mathematician from Yorkshire who worked in combinatorial group theory and was an expert on the word problem for groups. Britton was a member of the London Mathematical Society and was Secretary of Meetings and Membership with that organization from 1973-1976. Britton died in a climbing accident on the Isle of Skye.
References
*citation|first=D. J. |last=Collins|title=Obituary : John Leslie Britton|journal= Bull. London Math. Soc.|volume= 29 |year=1997|pages= 617-621|doi=10.1112/S002460939700297X
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* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Britton.html MacTutor biography]
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