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  Alfred Bray Kempe Quick Info Born 6 July 1849 Kensington, London, England Died 21 April 1922 London, England Summary Alfred Kempe  published a false "proof" of the four colour theorem in  1879  which stood until Heawood showed the mistake  11  years later. The 'proof' is however still the basis for the computer aided proof discovered  100  years later. Full story : https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Kempe/

  David Pike (Vice-President of ICA) was just elected as president-elect of the Canadian Mathematical Society (his two-year term as president will start one year from now).  David was also named as one of seven new Fellows of the CMS:  https://cms.math.ca/news-item/canadian-mathematical-societys-2021-class-of-fellows-announced/ CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY’S 2021 CLASS OF FELLOWS ANNOUNCED The Canadian Mathematical Society is pleased to announce the 2021 Class of Fellows consisting of 7 members from the Canadian mathematical community. The Fellowship recognises CMS members who have made excellent contributions to mathematical research, teaching, or exposition; as well as having distinguished themselves in service to Canada’s mathematical community. Induction to the 2021 Class of Fellows was based upon nominations, reception of the David Borwein Distinguished Career Award or the Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service, or reception of any other CMS prize or award for outstanding

  For immediate release                                                            Contact: Sarah Holliday             June 4, 2021                                                                             Secretary of the ICA                                                                                                                 Email:             sarah.holliday@gmail.com                                                                                         url:       the-ica.org       Dr Marston Conder awarded the 2020 Euler Medal of the ICA   Euler Medals  recognize  distinguished lifetime career contributions   to combinatorial research .   Dr. Conder was born and raised in the Waikato region, studied at Hinuera Primary, Matamata College and the University of Waikato, New Zealand.   He earned the DPhil at the University of Oxford (1980) on minimal generating pairs for permutation groups, under the supervision of Prof. Graham Higman FRS. Subsequently

  For immediate release                                                            Contact: Sarah Holliday             June 4, 2021                                                                             Secretary of the ICA                                                                                                                 Email:             sarah.holliday@gmail.com                                                                                                     url:       the-ica.org       Dr Jie Ma awarded the 2020 Hall Medal of the ICA   Hall Medals  recognize  extensive quality research with substantial international impact  by Fellows of the ICA in mid-career.   Dr. Ma received the B.S. degree from the School of Mathematical Sciences, USTC, and subsequently obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2011 from the School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Xingxing Yu. He was a Hedrick Assistant Professor at the