Ronald Brown (mathematician)
| Ronald Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 January 1935 London |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | J.H.C. Whitehead; M.G. Barratt |
| Doctoral students | 21 |
Ronald Brown is an English mathematician. Emeritus Professor in the School of Computer Science at Bangor University, he has authored many books and more than 160 journal articles.
Born on 4 January 1935 in London, Brown attended Oxford University, obtaining a B.A. in 1956 and a Ph.D. in 1962. Brown began his teaching career during his Ph.D. work, serving as an assistant lecturer at Liverpool University before assuming the position as Lecturer. In 1964, he took a position at Hull University, serving first as a Senior Lecturer and then as a Reader before becoming a Professor of pure mathematics at Bangor University, then a part of the University of Wales, in 1970.
Brown served as Professor of Pure Mathematics for 30 years; he also served during the 1983-1984 term as a Professeur pour un mois at Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg. In 1999, Brown took a half-time research professorship until he became Professor Emeritus in 2001.
Brown has served as an editor or on the editorial board for a number of print and electronic journals. He began in 1968 with the Chapman & Hall Mathematics Series, contributing through 1986. In 1975, he joined the editorial advisory board of the London Mathematical Society, remaining through 1994. Two years later, he joined the editorial board of Applied Categorical Structures, continuing through 2007. From 1995 and 1999, respectively, he has been active with the electronic journals Theory and Applications of Categories and Homology, Homotopy and Applications, which he helped found. Since 2006, he has been involved with Journal of Homotopy and Related Structures. His mathematical research interests range from algebraic topology and groupoids, to homology theory, category theory, mathematical biology, mathematical physics and higher-dimensional algebra.
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