Alex Wilkie
Alex Wilkie | |
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Wilkie, pictured in 2007 | |
| Born | Alex James Wilkie 1948 (age 76–77) Northampton, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University College London Bedford College, University of London |
| Known for | Wilkie's theorem |
| Awards | Karp Prize (1993) Fellow of the Royal Society (2001) Pólya Prize (LMS) (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Model theory |
| Institutions | University of Manchester |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilfrid Hodges |
Alex James Wilkie FRS (born 1948 in Northampton) is a British mathematician known for his contributions to model theory and logic. Previously Reader in Mathematical Logic at the University of Oxford, he was appointed to the Fielden Chair of Pure Mathematics at the University of Manchester in 2007.