Jeff Paris

Jeffrey Bruce "Jeff" Paris, FBA (/ˈpærɪs/; born 15 November 1944) is a British mathematician and Professor of Logic in the School of Mathematics at the University of Manchester.

Paris gained his doctorate under Robin Gandy at Manchester in 1969 with a dissertation entitledLarge Cardinals and the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis.

Paris is known for his work on mathematical logic, in particular provability in arithmetic, uncertain reasoning and inductive logic with an emphasis on rationality and common sense principles.

Paris was electedFellow of the British Academy in 1999.

Paris was married to Malvyn Loraine Blackburn until 1983 when he married Alena Vencovská. He has three sons and three daughters including runner Jasmin Paris.