# Nigel Kalton

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British mathematician

Nigel Kalton Nigel Kalton in Oberwolfach, 2004 Born (1946-06-20)June 20, 1946 Bromley, Kent, England Died August 31, 2010(2010-08-31) (aged 64) Columbia, Missouri, US Alma mater Cambridge University Scientific career Fields Mathematics Institutions University College of Swansea, University of Missouri Doctoral advisor D.J.H. Garling

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

## Career

Kalton was born in [Bromley](/source/Bromley) and educated at Dulwich College, where he excelled at both mathematics and chess. After studying [mathematics](/source/Mathematics) at [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge), he received his PhD, which was awarded the Rayleigh Prize for research excellence, from [Cambridge University](/source/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](/source/Stefan_Banach_Medal) from the [Polish Academy of Sciences](/source/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](/source/Columbia%2C_Missouri), aged 64.

## Publications

- Kalton, N. J.; Peck, N. T.; Roberts, James W. (1984). [*An F-space sampler*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QB07AAAAIAAJ). Lecture Note Series. Vol. 89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-521-27585-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-27585-7). [MR](/source/MR_(identifier)) [0808777](https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=0808777).

- Albiac, Fernando; Kalton, Nigel J. (2006). *Topics in Banach space theory*. Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Vol. 233. New York: Springer. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-387-28141-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-387-28141-4). [MR](/source/MR_(identifier)) [2192298](https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=2192298). Albiac, Fernando; Kalton, Nigel J. (2016). [*2nd edition*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UG6zDAAAQBAJ). Springer. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9783319315577](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783319315577).

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-obituary_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-obituary_1-1) ["Nigel J. Kalton (1946–2010). Obituary"](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jfa.2011.02.008). *J. Funct. Anal*. **260** (10): 2843. 2011. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.jfa.2011.02.008](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jfa.2011.02.008). [MR](/source/MR_(identifier)) [2774056](https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=2774056).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ob2_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ob2_2-1) ["Nigel Kalton, 1946–2010"](http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/sep/05/nigel-kalton-1946-2010/). *Columbia Daily Tribune* (Sunday, September 5, 2010).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Stefan Banach Medal"](https://www.impan.pl/en/events/awards/stefan-banach-medal). Polish Academy of Sciences. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201105125729/https://www.impan.pl/en/events/awards/stefan-banach-medal) from the original on 5 November 2020.

## External links

- [Memorial Webpage](http://kaltonmemorial.missouri.edu/)

- [Nigel Kalton](https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=11639) at the [Mathematics Genealogy Project](/source/Mathematics_Genealogy_Project)

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