From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/8558 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jiri Adamek Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Horst Herrlich Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:37:25 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: Reply-To: Jiri Adamek NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1426590951 17806 80.91.229.3 (17 Mar 2015 11:15:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:15:51 +0000 (UTC) To: categories net Original-X-From: majordomo@mlist.mta.ca Tue Mar 17 12:15:44 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from smtp3.mta.ca ([138.73.1.127]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YXpTK-0003TZ-EJ for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:15:42 +0100 Original-Received: from mlist.mta.ca ([138.73.1.63]:42392) by smtp3.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YXpSm-0007Va-3m; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:15:08 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by mlist.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YXpSj-0003mn-W6 for categories-list@mlist.mta.ca; Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:15:05 -0300 Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:8558 Archived-At: This is very sad news: Horst was a personality which profoundly influenced the development of category theory. Even before meeting him personally I was enchanted by his lecture notes on topological reflections and corelfections. And a couple of years later during his visit in Prague we started an intense collaboration that lasted over thirty years. His enthusiasm and his broad field of knowledge and interests was a great source of energy and inspiration for people around Horst. And at times of isolation in the seventieth and eightieth in socialist Prague Horst's visits had a tremendous impact. I will never forget the years of writing our joint book with George Strecker- before email in Prague and with every letter checked (for weeks) by secret police... Typically for Horst during his illness he was spreading jokes and pieces of information among his friends, never mentioning any of his problems. This is why the news of his passing has come completely unexpectedly. This is a great loss for me. Jiri Adamek xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx alternative e-mail address (in case reply key does not work): J.Adamek@tu-bs.de xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]