{{short description|British mathematician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Nigel Kalton | image = Nigel Kalton.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Nigel Kalton in [[Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics|Oberwolfach]], 2004 | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|6|20|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Bromley]], [[Kent]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|8|31|1946|6|20|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], [[Missouri]], US | residence = | fields = [[Mathematics]] | workplaces = [[University College of Swansea]], [[University of Missouri]] | alma_mater = [[Cambridge University]] | doctoral_advisor = D.J.H. Garling | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}
'''Nigel John Kalton''' (June 20, 1946 – August 31, 2010) was a [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[United States|American]] [[mathematician]], known for his contributions to [[functional analysis]].<ref name=obituary>{{cite journal|mr=2774056|title=Nigel J. Kalton (1946–2010). Obituary|journal=J. Funct. Anal.|volume=260|year=2011|issue=10|page=2843|doi=10.1016/j.jfa.2011.02.008|doi-access=free}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=obituary/><ref name=ob2>{{cite journal|url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/sep/05/nigel-kalton-1946-2010/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120035853/http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/sep/05/nigel-kalton-1946-2010/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-20|title=Nigel Kalton, 1946–2010|issue=Sunday, September 5, 2010|journal=Columbia Daily Tribune}}</ref>
He received the [[Stefan Banach Medal]] from the [[Polish Academy of Sciences]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.impan.pl/en/events/awards/stefan-banach-medal| title=Stefan Banach Medal |publisher=Polish Academy of Sciences| url-status=live| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105125729/https://www.impan.pl/en/events/awards/stefan-banach-medal|archivedate=2020-11-05}}</ref> A conference in honour of his 60th birthday was held in Miami University of Ohio in 2006.<ref name=ob2/> He died in [[Columbia, Missouri]], aged 64.
==Publications==
*{{cite book|mr=0808777|last1=Kalton|first1=N. J.|last2=Peck|first2=N. T.|last3=Roberts|first3=James W.|title=An F-space sampler|series=Lecture Note Series|volume=89|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|year=1984|isbn=0-521-27585-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QB07AAAAIAAJ}} *{{cite book|mr=2192298|last1=Albiac|first1=Fernando|last2=Kalton|first2=Nigel J.|title=Topics in Banach space theory|series=Graduate Texts in Mathematics|volume=233|publisher=Springer|location=New York|year=2006|isbn=978-0-387-28141-4}} {{cite book|title=2nd edition|year=2016|isbn=9783319315577|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UG6zDAAAQBAJ|last1=Albiac|first1=Fernando|last2=Kalton|first2=Nigel J.|publisher=Springer }}
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==External links== *[http://kaltonmemorial.missouri.edu/ Memorial Webpage] *{{MathGenealogy|id=11639}}
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