Born: November 5, 1930, Woolwich, United Kingdom.

Died: January 7, 1989, Brampton, United Kingdom.

Higher Education: PhD in Mathematics at University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom).

Knows for:

• major contributor to homotopy theory.

Main Publications: 

• Adams, J. Frank (1992), May, J. Peter; Thomas, Charles B. (eds.), The selected works of J. Frank Adams. Vol. I, Cambridge University Press
• Adams, J. Frank (1992), May, J. Peter; Thomas, Charles B. (eds.), The selected works of J. Frank Adams. Vol. II, Cambridge University Press.