Fw: John Knopfmacher

["Helmut" <helmut@cam.wits.ac.za>]

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Date: 30 May 1999 04:13
Subject: John Knopfmacher


>To all friends, relatives,  mathematical colleagues and collaborators of
John
>Knopfmacher.
>
>John Knopfmacher passed away unexpectedly on 29th June 1999 from what is
>believed to be a heart attack, during his stay as a visiting researcher in
>Austria. John was for many years full Professor and Head of Department at
the
>University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was also
>founder and first Director of the Centre for Applicable Analysis and Number
>Theory at Witwatersrand University, until his retirement in June 1997.
>
>John was an internationally renowned researcher with numerous papers and
>several books to his name. He will live on in the way that will mean the
most
>to him, through his research work. In particular, his first book "Abstract
>Analytic Number Theory", published in 1974, was selected as a classic by
Dover,
>and a new edition now remains in print indefinitely. A fuller description
of
>his mathematical career can be found on the Centre webpage compiled earlier
>this year - http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/wits/science/number_theory/jplk.htm
>
>He is survived by his three children,  Arnold, Nadine and Kevin in
>Johannesburg, and his wife Beverley and sister Hazel in Melbourne,
Australia.
>He will be greatly missed by all.
>
>Please forward this message to any other friends or colleagues who knew
John
>either personally or through his work.
>
>Arnold Knopfmacher
>arnoldk@cam.wits.ac.za