Ross Howard Street (born 29 September 1945, Sydney) is an Australian mathematician specialising in

category theory Category theory is a general theory of mathematical structures and their relations that was introduced by Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane in the middle of the 20th century in their foundational work on algebraic topology. Nowadays, cate ...

.Street, Ross Howard (1945 - )
''Biographical entry'', Encyclopaedia of Australian ScienceStreet, Ross Howard, FAA (1945-)
trove.nla.gov.au

Biography

Street completed his undergraduate and postgraduate study at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...

, where his dissertation advisor was

Max Kelly Gregory Maxwell "Max" Kelly (5 June 1930 – 26 January 2007) was an Australian mathematician who worked on category theory. Biography Kelly was born in Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, on 5 June 1930. He obtained his PhD at Cambridge Univ ...

. He is an emeritus professor of mathematics at

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...

, a fellow of the

Australian Mathematical Society The Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) was founded in 1956 and is the national society of the mathematics profession in Australia. One of the Society's listed purposes is to promote the cause of mathematics in the community by representing t ...

(1995), and was elected

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science is made up of about 500 Australian scientists. Scientists judged by their peers to have made an exceptional contribution to knowledge in their field may be elected to Fellowship of the Academy. ...

in 1989.Emeritus Professor Ross Howard Street
''Fellow'', www.science.org.au He was awarded the

Edgeworth David Medal The Edgeworth David Medal is awarded annually by the Royal Society of New South Wales for distinguished contributions by a young scientist under the age of 35 years for work done predominantly in Australia or which contributed to the advancement ...

of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1977, and the Australian Mathematical Society's

George Szekeres Medal The George Szekeres Medal is awarded by the Australian Mathematical Society for outstanding research contributions over a fifteen-year period. This award, established in 2001, was given biennially in even-numbered years until 2021 and has since bee ...

in 2012.

References

External links

Personal webpage
maths.mq.edu.au * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Street, Ross Howard Living people Australian mathematicians Category theorists Macquarie University faculty Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Recipients of the Centenary Medal 1945 births