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    Andrew John Wiles

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    Born
    11 April
    Cambridge, England
    Summary
    Andrew Wiles is an English mathematician famous for having proved Fermat's Last Theorem in He has received numerous honours including being made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen in , and being awarded the Wolf Prize, the Shaw Prize, the Clay Research Award and the Abel Prize.

    Biography

    Andrew Wiles' father, Maurice Frank Wiles (), 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 to Andrew's mother was Patricia Margaret Mowll (, known as Paddy). She married Maurice Wiles in , at Cuckfield, Sussex, England.

    Maurice and Patricia Wiles had three children: Patrick David Wiles (born 2 May ); Andrew John Wiles, the subject of this biography; and Alison Ruth Wiles (born 3 August ).

    In , when Andrew