Frank Bonsall

Frank Featherstone Bonsall FRS (March 31, 1920 Crouch End, London – February 22, 2011 Harrogate) was a British mathematician.[1]

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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]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/frank-bonsall-1.1094739
  2. ^ http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Bonsall.html
  3. ^ Alastair Gillespie (4 April 2011). "Professor Frank Bonsall: Leading mathematician of the post-war years who led research into functional analysis". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-frank-bonsall-leading-mathematician-of-the-postwar-years-who-led-research-into-functional-analysis-2261207.html. 

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