Nicholas Shepherd-Barron
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| Born |
Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron March 17, 1955 Gonzalia |
| Residence | Cambridge, England |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge, King's College London |
| Thesis | Some Questions on Singularities in Two and Three Dimensions (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Miles Reid[1] |
| Doctoral students |
Thomas Fisher Gábor Megyesi Helena Verrill Jan Wierzba[1] |
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Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron (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]
Education
He was a scholar of Winchester College. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Warwick in 1981 under the supervision of Miles Reid.[1]
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.