Robin Oliver Gandy (22 September 1919 – 20 November 1995) was a British mathematician and logician.
[5][6][7] Robin Gandy was born in the village of Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire, England.
[9] Educated at Abbotsholme School in Derbyshire, Gandy took two years of the Mathematical Tripos, at King's College, Cambridge, before enlisting for military service in 1940.
In 1946, he completed Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, then began studying for a PhD under Turing's supervision.
[13][14] A one-day centenary Gandy Colloquium was held on 22 February 2020 at the College in Gandy's honour, including contributions by some of his students;[15][16] the speakers were Marianna Antonutti Marfori (Munich), Andrew Hodges (Oxford), Martin Hyland (Cambridge), Jeff Paris (Manchester), Göran Sundholm (Leiden), Christine Tasson (Paris), and Philip Welch (Bristol).