Geoffrey Grimmett

Geoffrey Grimmett FRS OLY

Born	Geoffrey Richard Grimmett (1950-12-20) 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 (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.