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Andrew John Wiles

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Born
11 April 1953
Cambridge, England
Summary
Andrew Wiles is an English mathematician famous for having proved Fermat's Last Theorem in 1995.

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    • He has received numerous honours including being made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in 2000, and being awarded the Wolf Prize, the Shaw Prize, the Clay Research Award and the Abel Prize.

    Biography

    Andrew Wiles' father, Maurice Frank Wiles (1923-2005), studied moral sciences and theology at the University of Cambridge, then trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

    After two years as a curate in Stockport, he became the chaplain at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, from 1950 to 1955. Andrew's mother was Patricia Margaret Mowll (1927-2005, known as Paddy). She married Maurice Wiles in 1950, at Cuckfield, Sussex, England.

    Maurice and Patricia Wiles had three children: Patrick David Wiles (born 2 May 1951); Andrew John Wiles, the subject of this biography; and Ali