What is John G. Thompson?
{{Infobox scientist |name = John Thompson |image = John Griggs Thompson.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = John Thompson in 2007 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|10|13}} |birth_place = [[Ottawa, Kansas]], U.S. |nationality = American |field = [[Group theory]] |work_institutions = [[Harvard University]] (1961–62)<br />[[University of Chicago]] (1962–68)<br />[[University of Cambridge]] (1968–93)<br />[[University of Florida]] (1993–present) |alma_mater = [[Yale University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] 1955)}}<br />[[University of Chicago]] {{small|([[Ph.D.]] 1959)}} |doctoral_advisor = [[Saunders Mac Lane]] |doctoral_students = [[R. L. Griess]] <br> [[Richard Lyons (mathematician)|Richard Lyons]] <br> [[Charles Sims (mathematician)|Charles Sims]] |thesis_title = A Proof that a Finite Group with a Fixed-Point-Free Automorphism of Prime Order is Nilpotent |thesis_year = 1959 |known_for = |prizes = {{no wrap|[[Cole Prize]] (1965)<br />[[Fields Medal]] (1970)<br />Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] (1979)<br />[[Senior Berwick Prize]] (1982)<br />[[Sylvester Medal]] (1985)<br />[[Wolf Prize]] (1992)<br />Médaille Poincaré (1992)<ref>[http://serge.mehl.free.fr/chrono/thompson.html Thompson, John Griggs — serge.mehl.free.fr]</ref><ref>[http://www.academie-sciences.fr/activite/prix/grande_medaille_fondations.pdf Liste des 122 fondations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006162842/http://www.academie-sciences.fr/activite/prix/grande_medaille_fondations.pdf |date=2014-10-06 }}. The ''médaille Poincaré'' awarded by the French Academy of Sciences was eliminated in 1997 in favor of the ''[[Grande Médaille]]''.</ref> <br />[[National Medal of Science]] (2000)<br>[[Abel Prize]] (2008)<br>[[De Morgan Medal]] (2013)}} }} '''John Griggs Thompson''' (born October 13, 1932) is an American [[mathematician]]. He works at the [[University of Florida]]. He is known for his work in the field of [[finite group]]