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May 19, 2023 at 15:55 comment converted from answer J. S. Watson Richard is a distant cousin of mine. He was living in Sunnyvale, CA when I met him about 15 years ago. He owns a house there, but he's pretty elderly and doesn't keep it up much. He's a bit eccentric.
Jul 12, 2022 at 20:28 comment added Alex Kruckman When I was a graduate student at Berkeley 2010-2016, Richard Thompson was a regular attendee of the Berkeley Logic Colloquium. I assume he still attends (when the pandemic situation allows).
Jul 12, 2022 at 8:11 history edited Rodrigo de Azevedo CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jul 11, 2022 at 7:29 comment added quarague Seeing that there are still actively working mathematicians that have collaborated with him, cross posting on mathoverflow might be worthwhile, hoping for the non trivial chance of an answer from firsthand experience.
Jul 10, 2022 at 6:58 comment added markvs R. Thompson is a former graduate student of Ralph McKenzie in UC Berkeley
Jul 10, 2022 at 4:49 answer added Matt Brin timeline score: 11
Jul 10, 2022 at 0:23 comment added Gerald Edgar Not the same as J.G.Thompson, of the Feit-Thompson theorem.
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Jul 9, 2022 at 14:51 vote accept Anthony Quas
Jul 9, 2022 at 8:47 answer added njuffa timeline score: 21
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