J. Peter May, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

J. Peter May

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1939

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: mathematician, topologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jon Peter May (born September 16, 1939 in New York) is an American mathematician, working in the fields of algebraic topology, category theory, homotopy theory, and the foundational aspects of spectra.
He is known, in particular, for inventing the term operads and for the May spectral sequence.