Peter Lorimer (mathematician)

Peter James Lorimer (16 April 1939 – 7 February 2010) was a New Zealand mathematician. His research concerned group theory, combinatorics, and Ramsey theory.

Peter Lorimer
Born	Peter James Lorimer (1939-04-16)16 April 1939 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	7 February 2010(2010-02-07) (aged 70) Auckland, New Zealand
Alma mater	McGill University
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Canterbury, University of Auckland
Thesis	A study of T2-groups.  (1963)
Doctoral advisor	Hans Schwerdtfeger

Academic career

Born in Christchurch, Lorimer did a BSc / MSc in mathematics at the University of Auckland and won a Commonwealth Scholarship to do a PhD at McGill University in Montreal, which he completed in 1963 under the supervision of Hans Schwerdtfeger.^[1] He returned to New Zealand to lecture, first at University of Canterbury and then at University of Auckland.^[2][3]