Colleagues It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the passing away of Keith A. Hardie yesterday, 19 May 2014, at his home in Muizenberg, Cape Town. Keith has, among other things, made great contributions on homotopy in categories of pairs of topological spaces. The last of his 5 PhD students, I completed just as Keith was retiring from the university. This put me in the privileged default position for continued collaborative work. I treasure the relationship I had with him as my teacher, coworker and friend. Just the same he will be sorely missed by his collaborators, colleagues, close friends and many others. My condolences are with the bereaved family. Peter Witbooi Prof PJ Witbooi Dept. Math & Applied Math University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 Bellville 7530 South Africa Ph, Office (+27) 021 9593027 Home 021 9489406 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
Responding to Peter Witbooi's sad announcement here of the death of Keith Hardie, I may say that Keith Hardie was, in the best senses of both words, a gentleman and a scholar. I keenly lament his passing. -- Fred Linton [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
I would like to join Fred Linton's words on this sad announcement. I keep in my mind, with affection, the memory of Keith's kindness and promptness to help. Marco Grandis [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
I agree with Fred and Marco. Keith Hardie was one of a vanishing breed of true gentlemen. When I visited Cape Town in the early 1980s, we discovered we had a common interest in diagrams of interlocking sequences (so called by TCT (Terry) Wall). Keith’s interlocking sequences arose from homotopy groups, mine from homology. He kept encouraging me until I wrote up a result I had while writing, but did not include in, my thesis. I really enjoyed revisiting that result and improving some techniques. That first visit to South Africa and an evening at Keith’s home left a lasting impression on me. We only met a few times after that, the last being CT2009. It is very sad news, Peter. Please convey my condolences to the family. Ross [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
I never meet neither know Keith Hardie or his mathematics, but taking of true gentlemen and talented mathematician, I always remember Max Kelly. On 24/05/14 02:59, Ross Street wrote:
I agree with Fred and Marco. Keith Hardie was one of a vanishing breed of true gentlemen.
When I visited Cape Town in the early 1980s, we discovered we had a common interest in diagrams of interlocking sequences (so called by TCT (Terry) Wall). Keith?s interlocking sequences arose from homotopy groups, mine from homology. He kept encouraging me until I wrote up a result I had while writing, but did not include in, my thesis. I really enjoyed revisiting that result and improving some techniques.
That first visit to South Africa and an evening at Keith?s home left a lasting impression on me. We only met a few times after that, the last being CT2009.
It is very sad news, Peter. Please convey my condolences to the family.
Ross
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Keith was a good friend and colleague. He will be missed greatly. Tim ________________________________________ From: Ross Street [ross.street@mq.edu.au] Sent: 24 May 2014 06:59 To: categories@mta.ca list Cc: Peter Witbooi Subject: categories: Re: K.A. Hardie I agree with Fred and Marco. Keith Hardie was one of a vanishing breed of true gentlemen. When I visited Cape Town in the early 1980s, we discovered we had a common interest in diagrams of interlocking sequences (so called by TCT (Terry) Wall). Keith’s interlocking sequences arose from homotopy groups, mine from homology. He kept encouraging me until I wrote up a result I had while writing, but did not include in, my thesis. I really enjoyed revisiting that result and improving some techniques. That first visit to South Africa and an evening at Keith’s home left a lasting impression on me. We only met a few times after that, the last being CT2009. It is very sad news, Peter. Please convey my condolences to the family. Ross [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
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Eduardo J. Dubuc -
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Ross Street -
Timothy Porter