Nigel Kalton

Nigel John Kalton (June 20, 1946 – August 31, 2010) was a British-American mathematician, known for his contributions to functional analysis.[1]

Nigel Kalton
Nigel Kalton in Oberwolfach, 2004
Born(1946-06-20)June 20, 1946
Bromley, Kent, England
DiedAugust 31, 2010(2010-08-31) (aged 64)
Columbia, Missouri, US
Alma materCambridge University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity College of Swansea, University of Missouri
Doctoral advisorD.J.H. Garling

Career

Kalton was born in Bromley and educated at Dulwich College, where he excelled at both mathematics and chess. After studying mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, he received his PhD, which was awarded the Rayleigh Prize for research excellence, from Cambridge University in 1970. He then held positions at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, Warwick, Swansea, University of Illinois, and Michigan State University, before becoming full professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1979.[1][2]

He received the Stefan Banach Medal from the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2005.[3] A conference in honour of his 60th birthday was held in Miami University of Ohio in 2006.[2] He died in Columbia, Missouri, aged 64.

Publications
  • Kalton, N. J.; Peck, N. T.; Roberts, James W. (1984). An F-space sampler. Lecture Note Series. 89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27585-7. MR 0808777.
  • Albiac, Fernando; Kalton, Nigel J. (2006). Topics in Banach space theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. 233. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-28141-4. MR 2192298.

Notes
  1. "Nigel J. Kalton (1946–2010). Obituary". J. Funct. Anal. 260 (10): 2843. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.jfa.2011.02.008. MR 2774056.
  2. "Nigel Kalton, 1946–2010". Columbia Daily Tribune (Sunday, September 5, 2010).
  3. "Stefan Banach Medal". Polish Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04.
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