Peter Lorimer (mathematician)
Academic career
Academic career
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Born in [Christchurch](/wiki/Christchurch "Christchurch"), Lorimer did a [BSc](/wiki/BSc "BSc") / [MSc](/wiki/MSc "MSc") in mathematics at the [University of Auckland](/wiki/University_of_Auckland "University of Auckland") and won a [Commonwealth Scholarship](/wiki/Commonwealth_Scholarship "Commonwealth Scholarship") to do a [PhD](/wiki/PhD "PhD") at [McGill University](/wiki/McGill_University "McGill University") in [Montreal](/wiki/Montreal "Montreal"), which he completed in 1963 under the supervision of [Hans Schwerdtfeger](/wiki/Hans_Schwerdtfeger "Hans Schwerdtfeger"). He returned to New Zealand to lecture, first at [University of Canterbury](/wiki/University_of_Canterbury "University of Canterbury") and then at [University of Auckland](/wiki/University_of_Auckland "University of Auckland").


What academic degrees did Lorimer achieve at the University of Auckland?