Geoffrey Grimmett

Geoffrey Grimmett

FRS OLY
Geoffrey Grimmett; FRS OLY
Born	Geoffrey Richard Grimmett; 20 December 1950; Birmingham, England, UK
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Spouse	Rosine Bonay (m. 1986)
Children	Hugo Grimmett
Awards	DSc (Oxon) (2010); ScD (Cantab) (2010); Rollo Davidson Prize (1989);
	Scientific career
Fields	Probability; Statistical Mechanics; Random graphs; Random fields;
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Oxford; University of Bristol;
Thesis	Random Fields and Random Graphs (1974)
Doctoral advisor	John Hammersley; Dominic Welsh;
Website	www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~grg

Geoffrey Richard Grimmett FRS OLY (born 20 December 1950) is an English mathematician known for his work on the mathematics of random systems arising in probability theory and statistical mechanics, especially percolation theory and the contact process. He is the Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and was the Master of Downing College, Cambridge, from 2013 to 2018.

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