John H. Coates

John H. Coates
FRS
John H. Coates FRS
	Coates in 2006
Born	John Henry Coates; 26 January 1945; Possum Brush, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 May 2022 (aged 77); Cambridge, England
Alma mater	Australian National University (BSc); Trinity College, Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Iwasawa theory; p-adic L-functions;
Spouse	Julie Turner
Awards	FRS (1985); Senior Whitehead Prize (1997);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Cambridge; Harvard University; Université de Paris, Orsay; École Normale Supérieure; Stanford University;
Thesis	The Effective Solution of Some Diophantine Equations (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Alan Baker
Doctoral students	Pierre Colmez; Matthias Flach; Catherine Goldstein; Mahesh Kakde; Bernadette Perrin-Riou; Susan Howson; Anupam Saikia; Gergely Zábrádi; Leila Schneps; Jacques Tilouine; Otmar Venjakob; Andrew Wiles; Sarah Zerbes;
Website	dpmms.cam.ac.uk/people/jhc13

John Henry Coates FRS (26 January 1945 – 9 May 2022) was an Australian mathematician who was the Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom from 1986 to 2012.

John H. Coates FRS
Coates in 2006
Born	John Henry Coates (1945-01-26)26 January 1945 Possum Brush, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 May 2022(2022-05-09) (aged 77) Cambridge, England
Alma mater	Australian National University (BSc) Trinity College, Cambridge (PhD)
Known for	Iwasawa theory p-adic L-functions
Spouse	Julie Turner
Awards	FRS (1985) Senior Whitehead Prize (1997)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Cambridge Harvard University Université de Paris, Orsay École Normale Supérieure Stanford University
Thesis	The Effective Solution of Some Diophantine Equations (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Alan Baker
Doctoral students	Pierre Colmez Matthias Flach Catherine Goldstein Mahesh Kakde Bernadette Perrin-Riou Susan Howson Anupam Saikia Gergely Zábrádi Leila Schneps Jacques Tilouine Otmar Venjakob Andrew Wiles Sarah Zerbes

Website	dpmms.cam.ac.uk/people/jhc13