Nicholas Shepherd-Barron

Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron, FRS (born 17 March 1955), is a British mathematician working in algebraic geometry. He is, since 2013, professor of mathematics at King's College London,[2] having moved there from his previous position at the University of Cambridge. Having been a Fellow for more than 20 years, Shepherd-Barron retains a life Fellowship of Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][3]

Nick Shepherd-Barron
Born
Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron

(1955-03-17) March 17, 1955
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge, King's College London
ThesisSome Questions on Singularities in Two and Three Dimensions (1981)
Doctoral advisorMiles Reid[1]
Websitewww.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~nisb/

Education

He was a scholar of Winchester College. He obtained his B.A. at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1976, and studied for a Ph.D. at the University of Warwick under the supervision of Miles Reid, graduating in 1981.[1][4]

Career and research

He worked initially in the area of birational geometry and Mori theory. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006. He works on the classification of higher-dimensional varieties.

Personal life

He is the son of John Shepherd-Barron, a Scottish inventor.

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References
  1. Nicholas Shepherd-Barron at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/nicholas.shepherd-barron.html
  3. "Nicholas Shepherd-Barron home page".
  4. "SHEPHERD-BARRON, Nicholas Ian". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
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