John Frank Adams
1930 - 1989
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Frank Adams was an English algebraic topologist who pioneered methods for calculating the homotopy of spheres
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| Honours awarded to Frank Adams (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| LMS Berwick Prize winner | 1963 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1964 |
| Speaker at International Congress | 1966 |
| Lowndean chair | 1970 - 1989 |
| LMS Senior Whitehead Prize | 1974 |
| BMC morning speaker | 1960, 1969, 1979 |
| Royal Society Sylvester Medal | 1982 |
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