Albrecht Dold, R.i.P.

[Andreas Blass <ablass@umich.edu>]

Albrecht Dold taught the algebraic topology course that I took in my first year as a graduate student.  His beautifully organized presentation of this material was largely responsible for my becoming interested in category theory.  He made both the power and the beauty of functors evident.

Andreas Blass

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Fred E.J. Linton" <fejlinton@usa.net>
> Date: 6 October, 2011 9:13:26 PM EDT
> To: "categories" <categories@mta.ca>
> Subject: categories: Albrecht Dold, R.i.P.
> Reply-To: "Fred E.J. Linton" <fejlinton@usa.net>
> 
> From today's IMU newsletter:
> 
> | 6. DEATH OF ALBRECHT DOLD ON 26-09-2011.
> |
> | Albrecht Dold, known for fundamental contributions to algebraic
> | topology, was born in Germany in 1928. He held positions in Heidelberg,
> | Zürich, Princeton and Columbia. He has been Vice-president of IMU in
> 1995-98.
> 
> I particularly mourn his passing, as it was Dold's algebraic topology 
> lectures at Columbia around 1961 (+/- 1) that taught me virtually all 
> I know, or would ever learn later, about the Yoneda Lemma.
> 
> Born August 5, 1928, in Triberg, Germany, and barely a teenager during 
> WW II, Dold would have been 83 at the time of his death.
> 
> -- Fred



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