Martin L. Newell


Martin Leonard Newell is an Irish retired mathematician and sportsman.
He earned his BSc and MSc in mathematical science at University College Galway before pursuing his PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt. He taught at Queen Mary College, in London, for three years, before returning to lecture at UCG. He has co-edited two conference proceedings on group theory: Infinite Groups 1994 and Advances in Group Theory 2002.
Martin L. Newell is the son of mathematician Martin J. Newell, and is in turn the father of mathematician John Newell.

Football career

Newell played at left-half-back on the Galway teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals of 1964, 1965 and 1966.