Person

Row, Donald Hawkins (1939 - 2023)

Born
26 August 1939
Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
Died
29 March 2023
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Mathematician

Summary

Donald Row was a mathematician who for over 30 years taught at the University of Tasmania. During this time he expanded the curriculum to include an honours course in combinatorial geometries. Row's research was initially in projective geometry, and later in matroid theory and structural rigidity. Among his major publications, co-authored with colleagues, were the paper "Matroids whose ground sets are domains of functions" (1982) and the book Geometry, perspective drawing, and mechanisms(2012). During the 1970s - 1980s Row was actively involved with the Mathematical Association of Tasmania, which was primarily aimed at school teachers, and played a leading role in teaching in-service courses to school teachers. In retirement Row and his wife Maggie became interested Tasmanian artists, publishing several books and curating an exhibition of works they donated to the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts in Hobart.

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Chronology

1959
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons), University of Tasmania
1960 - 1965
Career position - Tutor, Department of Mathematics, University of Melbourne
1965
Career event - Appointed Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Tasmania
1969
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Tasmania
1997
Life event - Retired

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Books

  • Row, Donald and Reid, Talmage James, Geometry, perspective drawing, and mechanisms (Hackensack, New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2011), 342 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Oxley, J., Prendergast, K. and Row, D., 'Matroids whose ground sets are domains of functions', Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, 32 (1982), 380-7. Details
  • Oxley, James, 'Donald Hawkins Row, August 26, 1939 - March 29, 2023', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 51 (2) (2024), 100-2. Details

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