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He taught at [[Newcastle University]], with [[Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski]]. |
He taught at [[Newcastle University]], with [[Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski]]. |
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He was visiting professor at [[Yale University]]. |
He was visiting professor at [[Yale University]]. |
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He taught at the [[University of Edinburgh]], from 1963 to 1984.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-frank-bonsall-leading-mathematician-of-the-postwar-years-who-led-research-into-functional-analysis-2261207.html| title= Professor Frank Bonsall: Leading mathematician of the post-war years who led research into functional analysis| author=Alastair Gillespie| date=4 April 2011| work=The Independent}}</ref> After his retirement, Bonsall and his wife moved to Harrogate. |
He taught at the [[University of Edinburgh]], from 1963 to 1984.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-frank-bonsall-leading-mathematician-of-the-postwar-years-who-led-research-into-functional-analysis-2261207.html| title= Professor Frank Bonsall: Leading mathematician of the post-war years who led research into functional analysis| author=Alastair Gillespie| date=4 April 2011| work=The Independent}}</ref> In 1966, he was awarded the [[London Mathematical Society]]'s [[Berwick Prize]]. After his retirement, Bonsall and his wife moved to Harrogate. |
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Bonsall and his wife were keen hill walkers.<ref>[http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/obits_alpha/Bonsall%20_VMH.pdf Royal Society obituary]</ref> He wrote two articles for The Scottish Mountaineering Club on the definition of a [[Munro]]. |
Bonsall and his wife were keen hill walkers.<ref>[http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/obits_alpha/Bonsall%20_VMH.pdf Royal Society obituary]</ref> He wrote two articles for The Scottish Mountaineering Club on the definition of a [[Munro]]. |
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Revision as of 19:05, 19 September 2012
Frank Featherstone Bonsall FRS (31 March 1920 Crouch End, London – 22 February 2011 Harrogate) was a British mathematician.[1]
Life
He graduated from Bishop's Stortford College in 1938, and studied at Merton College, Oxford. He served in World War II, in the Corps of Royal Engineers, and in India from 1944 to 1946.[2]
He married Gillian Patrick, in 1947. He taught at the University of Edinburgh. He studied at Oklahoma State University from 1950-51. He taught at Newcastle University, with Werner Wolfgang Rogosinski. He was visiting professor at Yale University. He taught at the University of Edinburgh, from 1963 to 1984.[3] In 1966, he was awarded the London Mathematical Society's Berwick Prize. After his retirement, Bonsall and his wife moved to Harrogate.
Bonsall and his wife were keen hill walkers.[4] He wrote two articles for The Scottish Mountaineering Club on the definition of a Munro.
Works
- Compact linear operators, Yale University, Dept. of Mathematics, 1967
- Frank F. Bonsall, John Duncan, Numerical ranges of operators and normed spaces and of all elements of normed algebras, London Mathematical Society
- Frank F. Bonsall, J. Duncan, Numerical ranges II, Cambridge univ. press, 1973
References
- ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/frank-bonsall-1.1094739
- ^ http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Bonsall.html
- ^ Alastair Gillespie (4 April 2011). "Professor Frank Bonsall: Leading mathematician of the post-war years who led research into functional analysis". The Independent.
- ^ Royal Society obituary