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James "Jim" Wiegold (15 April 1934 – 4 August 2009) was a
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mathematician. Born in
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,
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, he earned a Ph.D. at the University of Manchester, England in 1958, studying under Bernhard Neumann, and is most notable for his contributions to group theory. Wiegold died from leukaemia on 4 August 2009, in
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, Vale of Glamorgan.


Career

* Assistant Lecturer, University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University), 1957–1960 * Lecturer, University of Manchester, 1960–1963 * Lecturer, University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (now
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), 1963–1966 * Senior Lecturer, University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (now
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), 1966–1969 * Visiting Senior Lecturer and Visiting Reader, Australian National University, 1968–1970 * Reader, University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (now
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), 1969–1974 * Professor, University College, Cardiff (now
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), 1974–his death * Dean of Science, University College, Cardiff (now
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), 1982–1985


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* * 1934 births 2009 deaths People from Caerphilly Welsh mathematicians 20th-century British mathematicians Group theorists Academics of Cardiff University Academics of the University of Manchester Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in Wales {{UK-mathematician-stub