John Leech (mathematician)

John Leech (21 July 1926 in Weybridge, Surrey – 28 September 1992 in Scotland) was a British mathematician working in number theory, geometry and combinatorial group theory.

He is best known for his discovery of the Leech lattice in 1965.

Leech was married to Jenifer Haselgrove, a British radio scientist.

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