| Authorised form of name | Johnson; Barry Edward (1937 - 2002) |
| Dates | 1937 - 2002 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Woolwich, London, England |
| Date of birth | 01/08/1937 |
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Date of death | 05/05/2002 |
| Activity | Education:
Epsom County Grammar School; Hobart State High School, Tasmania, Australia; University of Tasmania (aged 15); University of Cambridge (PhD)
Career:
Instructor, University of Californis, Berkeley (1961 - 1962); Visiting Lecturer, Yale University (1962 - 1963); Lecturer at Exeter University (1963 - 1965); Lecturer (1965 - 1968) and Reader (1968 - 1969) at Newcastle University; Professor of Pure Mathematics at Newcastle University (1969 - 2002); Head of Department of Pure Mathematics at Newcastle University (1976 - 1983); Head of School of Mathematics, University of Newcastle (1983 - 1986); Dean of Faculty of Science, University of Newcastle (1986 - 1989); Visiting Professor at Yale, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Newcastle (New South Wales); proved the uniqueness of the norm topology on a semi-simple Banach algebra; developed the theory known as the cohomology of Banach algebras; member (1992) and chairman (1996) of the Higher Education Funding Council panel assessing the quality of research in pure mathematics in British Universities; published the solution of the derivation problem for the group algebras of connected groups; retirement conference held in 2001
Memberships:
President of London Mathematical Society (1980 - 1982) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1978 |
| Age at election | 40 |
| Relationships | Married 1) (1962) Jennifer Munday, two sons, one daughter, divorced (1979); 2) Margaret Jones nee Brown (1990), two stepsons, one stepdaughter |
| Source | Sources:
Obituary notice in The Independent (17/05/2002)
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 249-262, plate, by Allan M Sinclair |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/63741483 |
| Code | NA4645 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/RGRS/8093 | Johnson, Barry Edward | 1978 |
| EC/1978/16 | Johnson, Barry Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1973 |