Graham Robert Allan
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Graham Robert Allan was an English mathematician
, specializing in Banach algebra
s. He was a reader in functional analysis
and vice-master of Churchill College at Cambridge University.
Allan was born on August 13, 1936 in Southgate
, Middlesex, England. After serving in the Royal Air Force
from 1955 to 1957, he entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and continued at Cambridge for his graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. in 1964 under the supervision of Frank Smithies. He spent most of the remainder of his career at Cambridge as well, with interludes as a lecturer in pure mathematics at Newcastle University from 1967 to 1969 and as a professor of mathematics at Leeds University from 1970 to 1978. At Cambridge, he was promoted from lecturer to reader in 1980 and was vice-master of Churchill from 1990 to 1993; he supervised the theses of over 20 Cambridge Ph.D. students. Allan retired in 2003, but continued teaching after his retirement. He died on August 9, 2007 in Cambridge.
In 1969 he won the Junior Berwick Prize
of the London Mathematical Society
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, specializing in Banach algebra
Banach algebra
In mathematics, especially functional analysis, a Banach algebra, named after Stefan Banach, is an associative algebra A over the real or complex numbers which at the same time is also a Banach space...
s. He was a reader in functional analysis
Functional analysis
Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure and the linear operators acting upon these spaces and respecting these structures in a suitable sense...
and vice-master of Churchill College at Cambridge University.
Allan was born on August 13, 1936 in Southgate
Municipal Borough of Southgate
Southgate was a local government district of Middlesex from 1881 to 1965. It was part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District....
, Middlesex, England. After serving in the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
from 1955 to 1957, he entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and continued at Cambridge for his graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. in 1964 under the supervision of Frank Smithies. He spent most of the remainder of his career at Cambridge as well, with interludes as a lecturer in pure mathematics at Newcastle University from 1967 to 1969 and as a professor of mathematics at Leeds University from 1970 to 1978. At Cambridge, he was promoted from lecturer to reader in 1980 and was vice-master of Churchill from 1990 to 1993; he supervised the theses of over 20 Cambridge Ph.D. students. Allan retired in 2003, but continued teaching after his retirement. He died on August 9, 2007 in Cambridge.
In 1969 he won the Junior Berwick Prize
Berwick Prizes
The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS. Berwick left some money to be given to the society to establish two prizes...
of the London Mathematical Society
London Mathematical Society
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