Person
Kelly, Gregory Maxwell (Max) (1930 - 2007)
FAA
- Born
- 5 June 1930
Annandale, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 26 January 2007
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Mathematician
Summary
Max Kelly was Professor of Pure Mathematics at two Australian universities, University of New South Wales from 1967 to 1972, and then the University of Sydney from 1973 to 1994. He continued his relationship with the latter as Professorial Fellow and Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. He was solely responsible for introducing the still-new category theory to Australia, research on which found application in many areas of mathematics, theoretical physics, computer architecture, software design, and information management. Kelly published a large number of scientific publications throughout his career, including Basic concepts of enriched category theory (1982).
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Chronology
- 1951
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1953
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1957
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1957 - 1960
- Career position - Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney
- 1961 - 1965
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney
- 1963 - 1964
- Career position - Visiting Fellow, Tulane University in New Orleans, USA
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Visiting Fellow, University of Illinois, USA
- 1965 - 1966
- Career position - Reader in Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney
- 1967 - 1972
- Career position - Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of New South Wales
- 1970 - 1971
- Career position - Visiting Fellow, University of Chicago, USA
- 1972 - 2007
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1973 - 1994
- Career position - Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney
- 1994 - 2007?
- Career position - Professorial Fellow and Professor Emeritus, University of Sydney
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in mathematics and statistics
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Street, Ross, 'Obituary: Max Kelly, FAA 5 June 1930 - 26 January 2007', Australian Mathematical Society gazette, 34 (2) (2007), 94-6. Details
- Street, Ross, 'Max Kelly 5 June 1930 - 26 January 2007', Theory and applications of categories, 20 (2008), 1-4, http://www.tac.mta.ca/tac/volumes/20/notice/20-notice.pdf. Details
- Street, Ross, 'Gregory Maxwell Kelly 1930-2007', Historical Records of Australian Science, 21 (2) (2010), 237-51, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR10007. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6794922. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/110201642. Details
- 'Kelly, Gregory Maxwell (1930-2007)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1172464. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 14 February 2006, Last modified: 20 April 2023