Ronald Brown (mathematician)

Ronald Brown
Brown in a 1987 lecture video
Born(1935-01-04)4 January 1935
London, England
Died6 December 2024 (aged 89)
Deganwy, Wales
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Liverpool
University of Hull
Bangor University
ThesisSome problems of algebraic topology (1962)
Doctoral advisorsJ. H. C. Whitehead
Michael G. Barratt
Doctoral students21

Ronald Brown FLSW (born 4 January 1935 – 6 December 2024) was an English mathematician. He was a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Bangor University. He has authored many books and more than 160 journal articles. Brown died on 6 December 2024, at the age of 89.