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Ross Street

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Ross Howard Street (born 29 September 1945, Sydney) is an Australian mathematician specialising in category theory.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

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Street completed his undergraduate and postgraduate study at the University of Sydney, where his dissertation advisor was Max Kelly. He is an emeritus professor of mathematics at Macquarie University, a fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society (1995), and was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1989.[5] He was awarded the Edgeworth David Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1977, and the Australian Mathematical Society's George Szekeres Medal in 2012.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Street, Ross Howard (1945 - ), Biographical entry, Encyclopaedia of Australian Science
  2. ^ a b Street, Ross Howard, FAA (1945-), trove.nla.gov.au
  3. ^ "Category Theory, Algebra and Geometry". perso.uclouvain.be. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Centenary Medal". It's an Honour. 1 January 2001. For service to Australian society and science in mathematics
  5. ^ Emeritus Professor Ross Howard Street, Fellow, www.science.org.au
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