Person Johnson; Barry Edward (1937 - 2002) Johnson Barry Edward 1937 - 2002 British Male Woolwich, London, England 01/08/1937 19370801 Newcastle upon Tyne 05/05/2002 20020505

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) Married 1) (1962) Jennifer Munday, two sons, one daughter, divorced (1979); 2) Margaret Jones nee Brown (1990), two stepsons, one stepdaughter Fellow 16/03/1978 40 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1 Aug 1937 - 5 May 2002 NA4645 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/63741483 8f530ad2-779b-41f0-8ab7-1949de6a1436